(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in. / (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.

The act of governing

The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration. / The specific system by which a political system is ruled. / The group of people who make up an administrative body.

The state of being governable.

Capable of being governed or subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule

Archaic form of governance.

plural of governancy

plural of governance

The ability to be governed.

plural of governability