relegate

Meanings

• refer to another person for decision or judgment
  • "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
• expel, as if by official decree
• assign to a class or kind
  • "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

Synonyms

banish, bar, break, bump, classify, demote, kick downstairs, pass on, submit