# delegation

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #8,023

## Definitions
1. An act of delegating.
2. A group of delegates.
3. A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
4. The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation.

## Easily confused with
- **deletion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delegation-vs-deletion)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ddelegation`, `deelgation`, `deleagtion`, `delegaiton`, `delegasion`, `delegatino`, `delegationn`, `delegatoin`, `delegattion`, `deleggation`, `delegtaion`, `delgeation`, `dellegation`, `dleegation`, `edlegation`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/delegation