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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delegation \Del`e*ga"tion\, n. [L. delegatio: cf F. d['e]l['e]gation.] 1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates. 2. One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation. 3. (Rom. Law) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him --Pothier. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: delegation n 1: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: {deputation}, {commission}, {delegacy}, {mission}] 2: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: {delegating}, {relegating}, {relegation}, {deputation}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: DELEGATION, n. In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets.
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