Leave and sadly can never rule (10)

I believe the answer is:

governance

'rule' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'leave and sadly can never' is the wordplay.
'leave' becomes 'go' (to go is to depart or leave).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sadly' indicates an anagram.
'can'+'never'='cannever'
'cannever' is an anagram of 'vernance'.
'go'+'vernance'='GOVERNANCE'

(Another definition for governance that I've seen is " Control".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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