Preemptive: alternatives and connections

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sov…

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body a…

Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assu…

The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; ty…

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exe…

Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents b…

To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to en…

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising…

A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines…

The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to c…

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc; "used her parents' influence to get the job"

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity…

The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising aut…

the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assu…