| Main Entry: |
delegation |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
assignment of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
appointment, apportioning, authorization,
charge, commissioning, committal, consigning, consignment, conveyance, conveying, deputation, deputization, deputizing, devolution, entrustment, giving over,
installation, investiture,
mandate, nomination, ordination,
reference, referring, relegation, sending away, submittal, submitting, transferal, transference, transferring,
trust
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| Notes: |
a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
Antonyms: |
keeping
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