"decentralise" meaning in English

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        "To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points."
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        "(British spelling) To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points."
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        "To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies."
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