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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Government \Gov"ern*ment\, noun [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. --Milton.
3. The right or power of governing; authority.
I here resign my government to thee. --Shak.
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. --Shak.
7. (Gram.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
government
noun
1: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" [syn: {authorities}, {regime}]
2: (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"
3: the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" [syn: {governing}, {governance}, {government activity}]
4: the study of government of states and other political units [syn: {politics}, {political science}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
136 Moby Thesaurus words for "government": 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
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