Definition of DEVOLUTION

devolution

Meanings

Plural: devolutions

Noun

  • the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
  • the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
  • A rolling down.
  • A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession.
  • The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
  • Degeneration.
  • 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).

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 14

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Words With Friends Score: 18

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