government

[govĀ·ernĀ·ment]

Your government is the system of people, laws, and officials that define and control the country that you live in. The U.S. government, for example, is a representative democracy with three branches.

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

Noun
the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

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(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"

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the study of government of states and other political units

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the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"


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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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The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.

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The right or power of governing; authority.

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The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.

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The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.

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Management of the limbs or body.

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The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.


Government

Gov"ern*ment , n. [F. gouvernement. See Govern.] 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 goverment to thee.
4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling powe; the administratian.
When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being.
5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe. 6. Management of the limbs or body. Shak. 7. (Gram.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

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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Usage Examples

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.

A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.

A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

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Other Usage Examples

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

A government of laws, and not of men.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.

A good government implies two things first, fidelity to the objects of the government secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.

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