governance

Governance is defined as the decisions and actions of the people who run a school, nation, city or business.

(noun)

An example of governance is the mayor's decision to increase the police force in response to burglaries.

See governance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the action, manner, function, or power of government

Origin: ME < OFr gouvernance < ML gubernantia < prp. of L gubernare: see govern

See governance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act, process, or power of governing; government: “Regaining a sense of the state is thus an absolute priority, not only for an effective policy against . . . terrorism, but also for governance itself” (Moorhead Kennedy).
The state of being governed.

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