'Delegation' definitions:
Definition of 'delegation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission]
noun
Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation]
Definition of 'Delegation'
From: GCIDE
- Delegation \Del`e*ga"tion\, n. [L. delegatio: cf. F. d['e]l['e]gation.]
- 1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Rom. Law) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him. --Pothier. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'delegation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accession,
- agency,
- agentship,
- anointing,
- anointment,
- appointment,
- arrogation,
- assignment,
- assumption,
- authority,
- authorization,
- brevet,
- care,
- change,
- charge,
- commendation,
- commission,
- commissioning,
- commitment,
- committee,
- commutation,
- consecration,
- consignment,
- coronation,
- cure,
- delegated authority,
- deputation,
- deputyship,
- devolution,
- devolvement,
- displacement,
- election,
- embassy,
- empowerment,
- enfeoffment,
- entrusting,
- entrustment,
- errand,
- exchange,
- executorship,
- exequatur,
- factorship,
- full power,
- infeodation,
- infeudation,
- jurisdiction,
- legation,
- legitimate succession,
- license,
- lieutenancy,
- mandate,
- mission,
- office,
- plenipotentiary power,
- power of attorney,
- power to act,
- procuration,
- proxy,
- purview,
- quid pro quo,
- regency,
- regentship,
- relegation,
- remanding,
- replacement,
- representation,
- responsibility,
- seizure,
- subcommittee,
- subrogation,
- substitution,
- succession,
- supersedence,
- superseding,
- supersedure,
- supersession,
- supplantation,
- supplanting,
- supplantment,
- switch,
- taking over,
- task,
- tit for tat,
- trust,
- trusteeship,
- usurpation,
- vicarious authority,
- vicariousness,
- warrant