Hypertext Webster Gateway: "governance"
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) 1.7 (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 governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable
experience of government" [syn: {government}, {governing},
{government activity}]
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