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• Relegate implies assigning to a specific class, sphere, place, etc., esp. one of inferiority, and usually suggests the literal or figurative removal of something undesirable
• Consign suggests formal action in transferring something to another's possession or control
• Entrust and confide imply committal based on trust and confidence, with, confide sometimes also suggesting the private nature of what is entrusted
• Commit , the basic term here, implies the delivery of a person or thing into the charge or keeping of another