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Exact Match:

relegate: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"; refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

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leave out collapse

count out collapse: declare the loser

keep out collapse

freeze out collapse

rusticate collapse: lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country"; give (stone) a rustic look; send to the country; "He was rusticated for his bad behavior"; live in the country and lead a rustic life

banish collapse: drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"; expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"; expel from a community or group; ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

commend collapse: express approval of; mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife"; express a good opinion of; give to in charge; "I commend my children to you"; present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence; "His paintings commend him to the artistic world"

entrust collapse: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"; put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"

remand collapse: the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

preclude collapse: make impossible, especially beforehand

proscribe collapse

thrust out collapse

extradite collapse: hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"

lock out collapse: prevent employees from working during a strike

delegate collapse: a person appointed or elected to represent others; give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person); transfer power to someone

omit collapse

confide collapse: reveal in private; tell confidentially

ostracize collapse: avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

oust collapse: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"; remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

send away collapse

debar collapse: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

blackball collapse

excommunicate collapse: exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"; oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree

deport collapse

shut out collapse

prohibit collapse

expatriate collapse: move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad; expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"

hand over collapse: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"

embargo collapse: a government order imposing a trade barrier; prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya"; ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"

spurn collapse

convey collapse: make known; pass on, of information; transmit a title or property; transfer to another; "communicate a disease"

consign collapse: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"; commit forever; commit irrevocably; send to an address

cast out collapse

commit collapse: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

displace collapse: force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"; take the place of; move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

taboo collapse: an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature; forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands; declare as sacred and forbidden

repudiate collapse: refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"; reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"; refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"

exile collapse: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"; expelled from home or country by authority; voluntarily absent from home or country

lag collapse: cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"; throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins; hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

remit collapse: diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"; forgive; "God will remit their sins"; refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision; release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted"; send (money) in payment; "remit $25"

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