Definition of government

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Government (n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government..

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Foreign :: Foreign (a.) Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government..
Pontificality :: Pontificality (n.) The state and government of the pope; the papacy.
Secretary :: Secretary (n.) An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc..
Polity :: Polity (n.) The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole.
Tyrannical :: Tyrannical (a.) Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government..
Outfit :: Outfit (n.) A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad..
Government :: Government (n.) The right or power of governing; authority.
Malcontent :: Malcontent (a.) discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government..
Arbitrary :: Arbitrary (a.) Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government..
Police :: Police (n.) A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough..
By-law :: By-law (n.) A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
Gerontocracy :: Gerontocracy (n.) Government by old men.
Antimonarchical :: Antimonarchical () Opposed to monarchial government.
Conservative :: Conservative (a.) Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical..
Governance :: Governance (n.) Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
Collective :: Collective (a.) Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note..
Gynecocracy :: Gynecocracy (n.) Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy..
Manage :: Manage (n.) The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege..
Power :: Power (n.) The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity..
Statua :: Statocracy (n.) Government by the state, or by political power, in distinction from government by ecclesiastical power..
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