[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

relegate \rel"egate\ r?l"?-g?t, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   relegated -g?`t?d; p. pr.  vb. n. relegating. l.
   relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send
   with a commission or charge. see legate.
   to remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to
   transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
   1913 webster

         it the latin language was relegated into the study of
         the scholar.                             --milman.
   1913 webster
see also:
relegated relegating legate 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

relegate
     v 1: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "she likes
          to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" syn:
           pass on, submit
     2: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "she was demoted
        because she always speaks up"; "he was broken down to
        sargeant" syn: demote, bump, break, kick
        downstairs ant: promote
     3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
        own country" syn: banish, bar
     4: assign to a class or kind; "how should algae be
        classified?"; "people argue about how to relegate certain
        mushrooms" syn: classify
see also:
pass on submit demote bump break kick downstairs 
promote banish bar classify 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

72 moby thesaurus words for "relegate":
   accredit, assign, ban, banish, bar, bar out, blackball, blockade,
   cast out, charge, commend, commit, confide, consign, count out,
   credit, cut, cut off, debar, delegate, demote, deport,
   disfellowship, dispatch, displace, downgrade, embargo, enfeoff,
   entrust, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel,
   extradite, freeze out, fugitate, give in charge, give in trust,
   hand over, ignore, infeudate, keep out, lag, leave out, lock out,
   omit, ostracize, outlaw, pass on, pass over, preclude, prohibit,
   proscribe, refer, reject, remand, remit, repudiate, rusticate,
   send away, send down, send to coventry, shut out, snub, spurn,
   taboo, thrust out, transfer, transport, trust, turn over

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