In this context, coercive
When you said Britain "voluntarily divested herself of empire," I thought of the kid who "voluntarily" gives his lunch money up to the neighborhood bully.
Wouldn't "reluctantly" be a better word?
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When you said Britain "voluntarily divested herself of empire," I thought of the kid who "voluntarily" gives his lunch money up to the neighborhood bully.
Wouldn't "reluctantly" be a better word?