It produced a little sentiment and a useful accession of will-power.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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— the act or process by which someone rises to a position of honor or power
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Macmillan
— the occasion on which someone formally takes a position of authority, especially as a king, queen, or president
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Collins
— Accession is the act of taking up a position as the ruler of a country.
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1 use of ‘accession’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster