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means The act of dropping a team down to a lower division as punishment for finishing too low in the standings.

from From Latin relegare, 'to send away, banish' — a re- ('away, back') plus legare ('to send, depute, commission'). The Romans used it for exiling people to the provinces without stripping their citizenship, a lesser cousin to full exile. English borrowed the word for formal banishments and demotions generally, but it's football and other league sports that gave 'relegation' its modern sting: the table doesn't exile you from the kingdom, just sends you down to the provinces to think about what you've done.