[けんげんいじょう, kengen'ijou] (n) delegation of authority (power); devolution; empowerment [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Devolution \Dev`o*lu"tion\, n. [LL. devolutio: cf. F.
d['e]volution.]
1. The act of rolling down. [R.]
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The devolution of earth down upon the valleys.
--Woodward.
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2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or
devolving upon a successor.
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The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel
known and conformable to old constitutional
requisitions. --De Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devolution
n 1: the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of
effective power or vitality or essential quality [syn:
{degeneration}, {devolution}] [ant: {development},
{evolution}]
2: the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a
regional government) [syn: {devolution}, {devolvement}]
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