RELEGATE

transitive verb (-gated; -gating) see: legate Date: 1599 to send into exile ; banish , assign : as, to assign to a place of insignificance or of oblivion ; put out of sight or mind, to assign to an appropriate place or situation on the basis of classification or appraisal, to submit to someone or something for appropriate action ; delegate , to transfer (a sports team) to a lower ranking division, see: commit relegation noun