Government1. (n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
2. (n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
3. (n.) The right or power of governing; authority.
4. (n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
5. (n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
6. (n.) Management of the limbs or body.
7. (n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
Thesaurus Entries
Geopolitik, John Bull, Kreis, Uncle Sam, Washington, Whitehall, administration, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, auspices, authority, bailiwick, bishopric, borough, canton, care, charge, city, civics, claws, clutches, command, commune, conduct, congressional district, constablewick, control, county, cure, custodianship, custody, departement, diocese, direction, disposition, district, domination, dominion, duchy, electoral district, electorate, empery, empire, geopolitics, governance, grip, guardianship, guidance, hamlet, hand, handling, hands, hundred, husbandry, international relations, iron hand, jurisdiction, keeping, lead, leading, magistracy, management, managery, managing, manipulation, metropolis, metropolitan area, ministry, oblast, okrug, ordering, oversight, parish, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, pilotage, poli-sci, political behavior, political economy, political geography, political philosophy, political science, political theory, politics, power, precinct, principality, protectorship, province, public administration, raj, regime, region, regnancy, regulation, reign, riding, rule, running, safe hands, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, soke, sovereignty, stake, state, steerage, steering, stewardship, superintendence, supervision, sway, talons, territory, the Crown, the Establishment, the authorities, the conn, the government, the helm, the wheel, town, township, tutelage, village, wapentake, ward, wardenship, wardship, watch and ward, wing