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- Dictionarydevolution/ˌdiːvəˈl(j)uːʃn/
noun
- 1. the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration: "demands for electoral reform and devolution"
- 2. descent to a lower or worse state: formal "the devolution of the gentlemanly ideal into a glorification of drunkenness"
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