Definition of "devolving" [devolving]

• Present participle of devolve. (verb)

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• "Not as pithy, but, I think, forceful enough, and it doesn’t participate in devolving the discussion."
• "At the heart of the new manifesto is the idea of devolving power from central government to individuals, with parents and charities to be entitled to take over failing academies, and communities to be allowed to veto council tax rises."
• "Ahead of a lunchtime meeting with Mr Robinson, the senior republican claimed that, while his party had backed new policing structures after the 2006 St Andrews Agreement which paved the way for power-sharing, the DUP had yet to agree to a key element of that accord - namely devolving law and order powers to the Stormont Executive."