Advertisement

View definitions for devolution

devolution

noun as in degeneracy

noun as in lapse

Advertisement

Discover More

Example Sentences

In addition to all kinds of juicy details, Tom provides a schema for how to understand the city’s evolution, or devolution, depending on your point of view.

The date never comes to pass, and it will take most of the six-episode series to trace her long devolution into the battered, traumatized creature who wakes up in jail less than a year later.

From Time

Cameron said no, reasoning that Scotland was likely to opt for greater devolution but would stop short of total independence.

Kristol et al may long for such a devolution, but polls suggest that the majority of Americans do not.

It is an old native element recast in Roman form, and well illustrates the Roman principle of local government by devolution.

This argument for the obligation of the Consuming Class is based upon the devolution of duties.

It was thus that the first of his wars for the extension of frontiers began, the War of Devolution.

The principle of local devolution is carried somewhat further in Madras than in other provinces.

It is only when a partition takes place that the devolution of the shares by inheritance has to be traced.

Synonym of the day

Which one is a synonym for smile?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 241 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to devolution, such as: corruption, debasement, decay, declension, decline, and degeneracy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement