noun management of the limbs or body.
2. government ·noun the right or power of governing; authority.
3. government ·noun the body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of europe.
4. government ·noun the mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
5. government ·noun the person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
6. government ·noun the influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
7. government ·noun the act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.