devolution

Betekenis (Engels)

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. (derogatory) Degeneration.
5. The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).

Sinonieme

degeneration

devolvement

decentralization

decay

delegation

dissimilation

enfeeblement

going

inheritance

landslide

negotiability

recovery

redevelopment

regaining

restitution

return

sinking

transfer

transference

transition

transmission

transmittal

wane

worsening

apocatastasis

delegation of authority

Restoration

eboulement

heterization

reestablishment

decentralisation

empowerment

slacktip

avalanche

återställande

conduction

conveyance

Vertalings

devoluzione

dévolution

αποκέντρωση

μεταβίβαση

Dezentralisierung

devolución

decentramento amministrativo

devir

décentralisation

Devolution

decentralizzazione

delega

decentramento dei poteri

devolução

gerileme

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/diːvəˈluːʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Middle French dévolution, from Medieval Latin devolutio, devolutionis, from Latin devolvo.