relegate

IPA: rˈɛɫʌgeɪt

(history, obsolete) A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
(transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
(reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
(transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
(transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
(transitive, in extended use) Consign or assign.
Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
(sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
(transitive) Refer or submit.
Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
(now rare) Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

Examples of "relegate" in Sentences

The musicians soon realized the name could relegate the group to a career of obscurity.
Would you relegate the truth to an obscure blog, or one that receives a lot of traffic?
I've decided that the word relegate is too boring on its own and needs the 'ma' to spice things up a bit.
It is going to be a long night if you relegate yourself to naming the things that are NOT their speciality.
He expected that I would eventually relegate myself to running our home and rearing our children, much the way Louise Childs did.
Keeping a journal about your experience may help relegate the emotional trauma of divorce to part of your past, not your present.
Would you relegate the truth to an obscure blog, or one that receives a lot of traffic? freeman has every right to post links from his own blog posts here on TP, just as we do from the Zoo.