Devolution and Downfall

noun

• The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality.
  • synonyms: degeneration
• The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government. ).
  • synonyms: devolvement

• (n.) The act of rolling down.
• (n.) Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor.

DEVOLUTION is the delegation of authority from higher to lower levels.

noun

• Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation.
  • synonyms: ruin, ruination
• The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist.
  • synonyms: precipitation
• A sudden decline in strength or number or importance.
  • usage: "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
  • synonyms: fall

• (n.) A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
• (n.) A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.