decentralize

Meanings

Verb

• make less central
  • "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized"
• To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
• To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.
• In police terminology, to bring a suspect to the ground by use of directed force; a tackle.

Synonyms

decentralise, deconcentrate

Antonyms

centralise, centralize, concentrate, recentralize

Related Words

decentralization