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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Rebellious :: Rebellious (a.) Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.
Security :: Security (n.) An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities..
Economy :: Economy (n.) The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy..
Nomocracy :: Nomocracy (n.) Government in accordance with a system of law.
Despotat :: Despotat (n.) The station or government of a despot; also, the domain of a despot..
Fund :: Fund (n.) The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; -- called also public funds..
Centralism :: Centralism (n.) The system by which power is centralized, as in a government..
Satrapy :: Satrapy (n.) The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.
Gynecocracy :: Gynecocracy (n.) Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy..
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..
Envoy :: Envoy (n.) One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador..
By-law :: By-law (n.) A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
Politic :: Politic (a.) Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body..
State :: State (n.) A political body, or body politic; the whole body of people who are united one government, whatever may be the form of the government; a nation..
Mexicanize :: Mexicanize (v. t.) To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country, esp. in respect of frequent revolutions of government..
Federation :: Federation (n.) A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government.
Capital :: Capital (n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities..
Rendition :: Rendition (n.) The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war..
House :: House (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament..
Convention :: Convention (v. i.) An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments..
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