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relegate | renegade |

As nouns the difference between relegate and renegade

is that relegate is a person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights while renegade is an outlaw or rebel.

As a verb relegate

is exile, banish, remove, or send away.

As an adjective relegate

is relegated; exiled.

relegate

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1561: from (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

  • Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
  • # (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 '' .
  • #* .
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  • # (figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
  • (in extended use) Consign or assign.
  • # Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, 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.
  • 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.
  • # Submit or refer (someone) to'' someone or something else ''for some reason or purpose.
  • Derived terms
    * (l), (l)

    References

    * “ relegate, v.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * “ relegate, v.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, March 2010)

    Etymology 2

    First attested circa 1550: from the Classical (etyl) (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

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

    * “ †?relegate, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * “ †relegate, n.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, December 2009)

    Etymology 3

    First attested circa 1425: from the Classical (etyl) (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) Relegated]]; [[exile, exiled.
  • References

    * “ †relegate, adj.'']” listed in the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary] (draft revision, June 2010)

    renegade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An outlaw or rebel.
  • A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (disloyal person) apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat