From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Delegation \Del`e*ga"tion\, n. [L. delegatio: cf. F.
d['e]l['e]gation.]
1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act
for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.
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2. One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned
to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress,
etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation
from Massachusetts; a deputation.
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3. (Rom. Law) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be
liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who
becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the
person appointed by him. --Pothier.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delegation
n 1: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: {deputation},
{commission}, {delegation}, {delegacy}, {mission}]
2: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn:
{delegating}, {delegation}, {relegating}, {relegation},
{deputation}]
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Delegation /deːleːgatsiːoːn/
delegation
From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]:
delegation
delegation
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