Second, that the British Empire, surprising as it may sound, did not turn a blind eye towards these ideas but actually absorbed and developed them. Partition shares some resemblance to those older imperial techniques, but it evolved differently, especially in the British Empire during the 20th century. In many ways, partition functioned as a “quick and dirty” exit strategy for a declining British Empire. For example, a classic option from the British imperial playbook was Dominion status, or what some refer to as dominionization. Some British imperial thinkers saw the separation of communities as an interim phase.