devolution.
A rolling down.
Meaning & usage
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.
It is quite disheartening to witness the devolution of our nation's political discourse over the past several years.
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).
The question of whether England should receive devolution like Scotland and Wales have has dogged British politics for years.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French dévolution, from Medieval Latin devolutio, devolutionis, from Latin devolvo.
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