Associations to the word «Devolution»

DEVOLUTION, noun. A rolling down.

DEVOLUTION, noun. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession

DEVOLUTION, noun. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.

DEVOLUTION, noun. (pejorative) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).

DEVOLUTION, noun. (British) The transfer of some powers, and the delegation of some functions, from a central sovereign government to local government; eg. from Westminster to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly.

DEVOLUTION, noun. The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality.

DEVOLUTION, noun. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).