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governance |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Governance \Gov"ern*ance\, n. [F. gouvernance.] Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. --Chaucer. --J. H. Newman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: governance n 1: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a governing body and who administer something "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn: {administration}, {establishment}, {brass}, {organization}, {organisation}] 2: the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the government of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" [syn: {government}, {governing}]
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