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Concerned with diplomatic mission going down (10)

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I believe the answer is:

relegation

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'going down' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'concerned with diplomatic mission' is the wordplay.
'concerned with' becomes 're' (re can mean regarding, concerning).
'diplomatic mission' becomes 'legation' (legation is a kind of diplomatic mission).
're'+'legation'='RELEGATION'

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(Other definitions for relegation that I've seen before include "Transference to a lower league" , "Demotion, to a lower league" , "that's going down" , "Lowering of status" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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