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Definition of the day : « devolution »
- 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