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Devolution

noun

The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality. Synonym: degeneration.

The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government). Synonym: devolvement.

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... Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders), Vlaams-Brabant (Flemish Brabant), West-Vlaanderen (West Flanders); Wallonia* region (five provinces): Brabant Wallon (Walloon Brabant), Hainaut, Liege, Luxembourg, Namur note: as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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