Government /(?)/

Gov·ern·ment

Government

n.
  1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
  2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
    That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth.
  3. The right or power of governing; authority.
    I here resign my government to thee.
  4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
    When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being.
    — Mozley & W.
  5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
  6. Management of the limbs or body.
  7. The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (Gram.)