Associations to the word «Governance»

Wiktionary

GOVERNANCE, noun. The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.
GOVERNANCE, noun. The specific system by which a political system is ruled.
GOVERNANCE, noun. The group of people who make up an administrative body.
GOVERNANCE, noun. The state of being governed.
GOVERNANCE, noun. (management) Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights.

Dictionary definition

GOVERNANCE, noun. The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment".
GOVERNANCE, noun. The act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky