governance

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  1. 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).
  2. noun The state of being governed.

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  • His answer to the problem of human governance, which is one of the greatest problems we humans face: —  inJesus :: Online Community :: Last posted message
  • Service Decomposition pattern is classified as a governance pattern, even though it is very much related to service design. —  Latest News from WebSphere Journal
  • So we have already had 12 years of governance, which is key to ensuring that money is going to be handled properly. —  Mongabay.com News
  • The necessity of improving corporate governance has been amply highlighted by the ongoing global financial crisis and evidence of corporate mal-governance, poor ethics and failures in risk management. ' —  AME Info Latest News
  • Ahmedabad has pioneered successfully the model of local self-governance, as early as —  Daily News & Analysis
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  1. from Middle English governance, governaunce, from Old French governance, gouvernance, French gouvernance = Portuguese governança, from Middle Latin gubernantia, from Latin gubernare, govern: see govern, v.
 

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