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   dev·o·lu·tion

   /ˌdevəˈlo͞oSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration.
   • ▪ descent or degeneration to a lower or worse state: "the devolution of the gentlemanly ideal into a glorification of drunkenness"
   • ▪ the legal transfer of property from one owner to another.
   • ▪ evolutionary degeneration.

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘transference by default’): from late Latin devolutio(n-), from Latin devolvere ‘roll down’ (see devolve).

   Derivatives

   • 1. devolutionary adjective
   • 2. devolutionist noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • O

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