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interregnum
The period of time between the end of a sovereign's reign and the accession of another sovereign.
(politics) A period of time during which normal executive leadership is suspended or interrupted.
(by extension) An intermission in any order of succession; any breach of continuity in action or influence.
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He was, however, old and indulgent, and the recurring interregnum, during which Edward was entirely freed from his discipline, occasioned such a relaxation of authority, that the youth was permitted, in a great measure, to learn as he pleased, what he pleased, and when he pleased.