- sent or consigned to a lower position, place, or condition: Over time, after the people’s uprising, reports of human rights violations became a relegated segment of evening news.
- (of a task or other matter) consigned or committed to someone to take care of: Besides these relegated duties that the Chair performs on behalf of the committee, the Chair is also expected to keep abreast of new regulatory trends.
- the simple past tense and past participle of relegate.
