Associations to the word «Devolution»
Wiktionary
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.
Dictionary definition
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).
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