Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of devolving.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of devolving;; devolution.
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- noun The act or process of devolving;
devolution .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
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Examples
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A few companies had to lean on friendly institutions, or do structured deals with high net worth individuals to get the minimum subscription and avoid devolvement.
Chase Cash, Not Valuations Samita Sawardekar 2011
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If there was a massive devolvement of power away from the centre, with Welsh, English and Northern Irish Parliaments (maybe a separate one for London too) then we could reduce the number of MPs (your idea of nothing sounds interesting).
Reducing MPs 2009
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Further, in new devolvement, the developers have to pay for the roads, sewers etc (except in high density urban renewal districts, where the rest of us end up subsidizing them.)
Seattle light rail: No park-and-ride lots (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Along with the rise of the regional parties there was also devolvement of power from the center to the state governments.
Global Voices in English » Indian Elections 2009: Reading The Digital Tea Leaves on ‘Who Will Win?’ 2009
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Unless reversed devolvement of America is inevitable. '
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At what point in the devolvement of a fetus does it become human?
TEXAS FAITH: Obama's Nobel Prize speech | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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What have we done to deserve this devolvement into a useless pathetic pack of absolute cowards.
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With Hillary Clinton still "not making any decisions" – – except to continue her devolvement into the most delusional political Diva since Dick Nixon, seemingly bent on derailing Democratic hopes for winning the White House – – she now joins a select group of causes and phenomena that just won't go away, no matter how much you wish they would.
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But I think you may be mistaken regarding the devolvement if you will into protector/protective relationships that the writers have given the characters.
Lost, Season 3: A Few Observations Abigail Nussbaum 2007
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They responded after Cabinet Minister Tessa Jowell expressed bewilderment at the manner in which Ruth Turner, Number 10′s director of devolvement relations, was arrested at home at dawn – while former Home Secretary David Blunkett accused police of ‘theatrics’.
petard-hoisting in our time: the Yard arrests top gov’t official « raincoaster 2007
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