# Delegation

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## Definition

The act of assigning your governance token voting power to another address (a delegate) without transferring the tokens. Delegation allows passive token holders to contribute to governance by empowering active community members to vote on their behalf. Major DeFi protocols (Uniswap, Aave, Compound) all support delegation, and many have ecosystems of professional delegates who publish their voting rationale.

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Canonical: https://decentralized-finance.io/glossary/delegation/