Definition of: government

(guv′ərn·mənt, -ər-) noun
1. The authoritative direction of the affairs of men in a community; rule and administration.
2. The governing body of a community, considered either as a continuous entity or as the group of administrators currently in power.
3. The form by which a community is managed: democratic government; ecclesiastical government.
4. A governed territory.
5. Management; control: the government of one's behavior.
6. Gram. A syntactical relation which requires a word to assume a certain case or mood when related to another word.