Hypertext Webster Gateway: "delegation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Delegation \Del`e*ga"tion\, n. [L. delegatio: cf. F.
d['e]l['e]gation.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
delegation
n 1: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: {deputation},
{commission}, {delegacy}, {mission}]
2: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: {delegating},
{relegating}, {relegation}, {deputation}]
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