1. government-in-exile

noun. a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated.

Rhymes with Us Government

• self-government
• nongovernment
• misgovernment

2. self-government

noun. ['ˈsɛlfˈgʌvɝnmənt'] government of a political unit by its own people.

3. government

noun. ['ˈgʌvɝnmənt'] the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.

4. government

noun. ['ˈgʌvɝnmənt'] the act of governing; exercising authority.

5. government

noun. ['ˈgʌvɝnmənt'] (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed.

6. government

noun. ['ˈgʌvɝnmənt'] the study of government of states and other political units.

7. US

noun. the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States.

8. US

noun. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776.