Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Delegation \Del`e*ga"tion\, n. [L. delegatio: cf. F.
   d['e]l['e]gation.]
   1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act
      for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

   2. One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned
      to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress,
      etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation
      from Massachusetts; a deputation.

   3. (Rom. Law) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be
      liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who
      becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the
      person appointed by him. --Pothier.

Source : WordNet®

delegation
     n 1: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: {deputation},
          {commission}, {delegacy}, {mission}]
     2: authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: {delegating},
         {relegating}, {relegation}, {deputation}]