demote
verbUK /dɪˈməʊt/ · US /dɪˈmoʊt/
Etymology From de- (“down”) + promote (“advance in rank/status (ending abstracted)”).
1
To lower the rank or status of.
- James was demoted from branch manager to assistant manager due to his poor discipline.
- In 1036, shortly after arriving at Yi-ling, Ou-yang Hsiu sent a lengthy letter to his friend, Yin Shu, who had been demoted at the same time as Ou-yang Hsiu and sent to Ying-chou (modern Chung-hsiang, Hupeh).1984, Ronald C. Egan, The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93:
2
To relegate.