All 6 Uses of
relegate
in
One Hundred Years of Solitude
- At that time there was so much activity in the town and so much bustle in the house that the care of the children was relegated to a secondary level.†
Chpt 3 *relegated = assigned to a less important position or classification
- The rigor of the mourning for Remedios had been relegated to the background by the mortifications of the war, Aureliano's absence, Arcadio's brutality, and the expulsion of Jose Arcadio and Rebeca.†
Chpt 6
- Her hunger for earth, the cloc-cloc of her parents' bones, the impatience of her blood as it faced Pietro Crespi's passivity were relegated to the attic of her memory.†
Chpt 6
- The war, relegated to the attic of bad memories, was momentarily recalled with the popping of champagne bottles.†
Chpt 10
- As long as Ursula had full use of her faculties some of the old customs survived and the life of the family kept some quality of her impulsiveness, but when she lost her sight and the weight of her years relegated her to a corner, the circle of rigidity begun by Fernanda from the moment she arrived finally closed completely and no one but she determined the destiny of the family.†
Chpt 11
- With Ursula relegated to the shadows and with Amaranta absorbed In the work of her winding cloth, the former apprentice queen had the freedom to choose the guests and impose on them the rigid norms that her parents had taught her.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
assign to a less important position or classification