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Devolution
Meaning
Noun
●
A
rolling
down.
●
A
descent
, especially one that
passes through
a
series
of
revolutions
, or by succession
●
The
transference
of a right to a
successor
, or of a power from one body to another.
⚠️
Degeneration (
as opposed to
evolution).
●
In Government:
The
transfer
of some
powers
and the
delegation
of some
functions
from a
central government
to
local government
(e.g. from the U.K.
parliament
to Scottish
parliament
and Welsh assembly).
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Governance
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Restructuring
Privatization
Reform
Centralization
Secularisation
Autonomy
Parliament
Reorganisation
Allocation
Localism
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Transformation
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Democratization
Unification
Consolidation
Liberalization
Referendum
Reforms
Abolition
Democracy
Sovereignty
Reorganization
Bureaucracy
Accountability
Granting
Austerity
Secession
Regionalism
Decolonisation
Assimilation
Modernization
Modernisation
Empowerment
Balkanization
Fragmentation
Liberalisation
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Rhymes
Aleutian
Solution
Ablution
Venusian
Evolution
Absolution
Belarusian
Devolution
Involution
Revolution
Resolution
Convolution
Dissolution
Contribution
Circumlocution
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