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policeman collapse: a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"

jurisdiction collapse: in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

self-restraint collapse: exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate"

commune collapse: a body of people or families living together and sharing everything; the smallest administrative district of several European countries; communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"; receive Communion, in the Catholic church

autocratic collapse: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"

patriarchal collapse: characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line; relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank

tutelage collapse: teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)

internationalism collapse: the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences

portfolio collapse: the role of the head of a government department; "he holds the portfolio for foreign affairs"; a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather; "he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio"; a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution; "they were disappointed by the poor returns on their stock portfolio"; a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers; "the artist had put together a portfolio of his work"; "every actor has a portfolio of photographs"

steering collapse: the act of steering a ship; the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

aristocratic collapse: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

nationalism collapse: the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other; the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals; the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination

temporal collapse: of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"; not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt; concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"; of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"; of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); "temporal bone"; of or relating to or limited by time; "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"

territory collapse: an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory"; the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

becoming collapse: displaying or setting off to best advantage; "a becoming new shade of rose"; "a becoming portrait"; according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

aplomb collapse: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"

borough collapse: an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament; one of the administrative divisions of a large city

roundsman collapse: a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)

transgression collapse: the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit; the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"; the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

official collapse: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"; a worker who holds or is invested with an office; having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative"; verified officially; "the election returns are now official"; (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution; conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order"; of or relating to an office; "official privileges"

guardianship collapse: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping"

sergeant collapse: any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the army or air force or marines ranking above a corporal

insurance collapse: promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company

province collapse: the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"

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