a group or body of delegates

Our club sent a delegation to the rally.

the body of delegates chosen to represent a political unit, as a state, in an assembly

the New Jersey delegation in Congress.

the act of delegating.

the state of being delegated.

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keeping

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appointment , apportioning , authorization , charge , commissioning , committal , consigning , consignment , conveyance , conveying , deputation , deputization , deputizing , devolution , entrustment , giving over , installation , investiture , mandate , nomination , ordination , reference , referring , relegation , sending away , submittal , submitting , transferal , transference , transferring , trustnotes:a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people , often at a conference during an assembly\'s regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group , commission , contingent , embassy , envoys , gathering , legation , mission , organizationnotes:a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people , committee