Definitions for: Devolution

[n] the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
[n] the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

Webster (1913) Definition: Dev`o*lu"tion, n. [LL. devolutio: cf. F.
d['e]volution.]
1. The act of rolling down. [R.]

The devolution of earth down upon the valleys.
--Woodward.

2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or
devolving upon a successor.

The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel
known and conformable to old constitutional
requisitions. --De Quincey.

Synonyms: degeneration, devolvement

Antonyms: development, evolution

See Also: attack, delegating, delegation, deputation, obsolescence, process, relegating, relegation

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