devolution

English

Noun

devolution (plural devolutions)

1. A rolling down.
2. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
3. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
4. (pejorative) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
5. (UK) The transfer of some powers, and the delegation of some functions, from a central sovereign government to local government; eg. from Westminster to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly.

Related terms

• devolve

Translations

a rolling down

Dutch: neergang (nl)

a descent

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Italian: devoluzione f. Spanish: devolución f. Russian: деволюция f.