de·cen·tral·ize [ dee séntrə lz ](past and past participlede·cen·tral·ized, present participlede·cen·tral·iz·ing, 3rd person present singularde·cen·tral·iz·es)
transitive and intransitive verb
Definition:
shift something from top: to reorganize something such as a political unit so that power is shifted from a central or upper location to another less central place, or be reorganized in this way
