Definition of relegates:
(v) :
Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
(v) :
(sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
(v) :
Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
(v) :
Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
(v) :
(transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
(v) :
(transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.