Devolution and Ebbing

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

• A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number.
  • synonyms: ebb, wane

verb

• Flow back or recede.
  • usage: "the tides ebbed at noon"
  • synonyms: ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off
• Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb.
  • synonyms: ebb
• Fall away or decline.
  • usage: "The patient's strength ebbed away"
  • synonyms: ebb