delegation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a group of representatives or delegates
    commission; delegacy; deputation; mission.
  2. noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
    delegating; relegating; relegation; deputation.

WordNet

Del`e*ga"tion noun
Etymology
L. delegatio: cf. F. délégation.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913