RELEGATION Definition & Meaning

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relegation

[ rel-i-gey-shuhn ]

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noun

assignment or banishment to an inferior position, place, rank, or condition:
Many factors are responsible for the relegation of disabled people to the margins of society.
The pending legislation shows the relegation of environmental concerns toward the bottom of the priority list in energy politics.
Soccer. demotion to a lower playing league or division based on a team’s record:
The European leagues are a meritocratic hierarchy connected by promotion and relegation.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of relegation¹

First recorded in 1400–50; from Latin ��ŧ��پ�ō��-, stem of ��ŧ��پ�ō “a sending away, banishment”; relegate ( def ), -ion ( def )

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The Suffolk club lost 2-1 in a key relegation match against Wolves last weekend which has left them 12 points away from safety with only seven games left.

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Austria are three points better off than Scotland and another loss for Scotland would consign them to relegation from the top tier.

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Match of the Day 2's Troy Deeney, Shay Given and Mark Chapman look at why newly promoted teams are getting in a "muddle" in the Premier League, after confirmation of Southampton's relegation.

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The target for the season was to avoid relegation and build the team's value, something they have done with the emergence of Tyler Dibling - even if their reported £100m valuation is unlikely to be achieved.

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Yet it only got worse under Juric who has won just two of his 16 games, including a 3-0 win over Swansea in the FA Cup, with Southampton suffering the Premier League's quickest relegation.

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