devolution

Signification (Anglais)

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).

Concepts

dévolution

décentralisation

déconcentration

restitution

dévolution du pouvoir

délégation de pouvoir

délégation

Synonymes

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

Traductions

devoluzione

αποκέντρωση

Dezentralisierung

μεταβίβαση

devolução

gerileme

havale

decentramento amministrativo

Devolution

decentralizzazione

delega

decentramento dei poteri

devolución

devir

intikal

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/diːvəˈluːʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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