devolution

1. n. The act of rolling down. Source: opted

2. n. Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor. Source: opted

3. n. the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality Source: wordnet

4. n. the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) Source: wordnet

5. 1. The act of rolling down. [R.] The devolution of earth down upon the valleys. Woodward. 2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor. The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel known and conformable to old constitutional requisitions. De Quincey. Source: webster

6. n:100 n. the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) Source: ecdict

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