governance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.

   But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of governing

3. 3
   noun

   the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

4. 4
   noun

   The specific system by which a political system is ruled.

5. 5
   noun

   The group of people who make up an administrative body.

6. 6
   noun

   The state of being governed.

7. 7
   noun

   Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights.

Etymology

From Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance, equivalent to govern + -ance.