Verb
1. refer to another person for decision or judgment;
"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"2. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;
"She was demoted because she always speaks up""He was broken down to Sargeant"3. expel, as if by official decree;
"he was banished from his own country"4. assign to a class or kind;
"How should algae be classified?""People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"