Antonyms for devolution
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dev-uh-loo-shuh n or, esp. British, dee-vuh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛv əˈlu ʃən or, esp. British, ˈdi və- |
Definition of devolution
Origin :- 1540s; see de- + evolution. Used in various legal and figurative senses; in biology, as the opposite of evolution, it is attested from 1882.
- As in lapse : noun backsliding
- As in recidivation : noun lapse
- As in recidivism : noun lapse
- As in decadence : noun perversion; deterioration of morality
- As in decline : noun lessening
- As in degeneracy : noun decay, deterioration
- As in delegation : noun assignment of responsibility
- As in downfall : noun disgrace, ruin
- There is no possibility of devolution here; it cannot delegate its functions to this faculty or to that.
- Extract from : « Lux Mundi » by Various
- The method of division shows a devolution of responsibility.
- Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther » by Walter Adeney
- It stands for evolution rather than for devolution or revolution.
- Extract from : « The Joyful Heart » by Robert Haven Schauffler
- Plans of devolution and Grand Committees will fail to cope with this evil.
- Extract from : « Handbook of Home Rule (1887) » by W. E. Gladstone et al.
- Devolution is quite as natural as evolution, and may be just as pleasing, or even a good deal more pleasing, to God.
- Extract from : « In Defense of Women » by H. L. Mencken
- Only the deliberation of geological movements can be contrasted with the evolution and devolution of the constellations.
- Extract from : « Curiosities of the Sky » by Garrett Serviss
- Devolution, dev-ol-ū′shun, n. a passing from one person to another.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- It had long been felt that some devolution was necessary, and the change was justified by the result.
- Extract from : « The Great Boer War » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Nevertheless, the problem before us is one of devolution pure and simple, and the question is, how far is devolution to go?
- Extract from : « The Framework of Home Rule » by Erskine Childers
- To the mortmain of the Church reverts Urbino's lordship, and even now he meditates the terms of devolution.
- Extract from : « New Italian sketches » by John Addington Symonds
Synonyms for devolution
- abatement
- appointment
- apportioning
- atrophy
- authorization
- backslide
- backsliding
- bane
- breakdown
- charge
- cloudburst
- collapse
- comedown
- comeuppance
- commissioning
- committal
- consigning
- consignment
- conveyance
- conveying
- corruption
- cropper
- debacle
- debasement
- decadence
- decay
- declension
- declination
- decline
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- degradation
- deluge
- depravation
- deputation
- deputization
- deputizing
- descent
- destruction
- deterioration
- devolution
- diminution
- discomfiture
- dissipation
- dissolution
- dive
- down
- downfall
- downgrade
- downturn
- drop
- dwindling
- ebb
- ebbing
- enfeeblement
- entrustment
- evil
- excess
- failing
- failure
- fall
- falling off
- flood
- flop
- giving over
- gluttony
- incontinence
- installation
- intemperance
- investiture
- lapse
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- lewdness
- licentiousness
- mandate
- nomination
- on the rocks
- on the skids
- ordination
- overthrow
- pratfall
- rack and ruin
- recession
- recidivation
- recidivism
- reference
- referring
- regression
- relapse
- relegation
- retrogradation
- retrogression
- road to ruin
- ruination
- sending away
- senility
- sensuality
- skids
- slump
- storm
- submittal
- submitting
- sybaritism
- the skids
- transferal
- transference
- transferring
- trust
- undoing
- wane
- waning
- weakening
- worsening
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