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        | government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch. |  | 
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        | the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss |  | 
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        | existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time |  | 
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        | to divest or clear of forests or trees: |  | 
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        | the statistical data of a population, esp. those showing average age, income, education, etc. |  | 
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        | a a period during which business, employment, and stock-market values decline severely or remain at a very low level of activity. |  | 
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        | a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator. |  | 
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        | a period of dry weather, esp. a long one that is injurious to crops. |  | 
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