relegate
to send to a lower rank or less important place
Roots
- leg / legare: send, appoint, commission, or assign
- re-: back, again, or backward motion
Other words with the leg / legare root
- delegate: to send or assign responsibility to someone
Relegate means send down or assign to a lower place.
After the error, the report was relegated to an appendix instead of the main argument.
Delegate makes relegate easier: both carry sending or assigning. Relegate adds a downward or lower-status result.