Antonyms for governinggov·ern·ing

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1. government, governing, governance, government activity, administrationadjective

   the act of governing; exercising authority

   "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

   Antonyms:
   low-level, subordinate

   Synonyms:
   authorities, political science, establishment, judicature, organization, presidency, presidential term, governance, politics, governing body, disposal, government activity, brass, giving medication, administration, government, regime, organisation

2. governingadjective

   responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws

   "governing bodies"

   Antonyms:
   subordinate, low-level

How to use governing in a sentence?

1. Somasekhar Sundaresan:

   It is a landmark ruling underlining the need for a board to be the effective institution for governing a company.

2. Georges Bernanos:

   Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it injustice, but of a sly effective order, based entirely on cruel knowledge of the resistance of the weak, their capacity for pain, humiliation and misery.

3. Werner Herzog:

   Truly the issue of death was not for me the governing theme of the film. The opposite. For me, the main subject of the film was healing and how to deal with it, not enough films deal with healing, most films deal with wounding. And it's time to take on this subject of how you forgive and how you forgive yourself because it is not time that heals, that's a lie, you have to do something.

4. Ethiopian Haile:

   It is a sad decision that will disproportionately affect Ethiopia and Kenya, as well as East Africa as a whole, some Asian countries have also been making strides in middle- and long-distance. At a time when the (governing) body needed to exert its maximum effort to boost athletics worldwide, it has taken a decision that is tragic and unfair.

5. Woodrow Wilson:

   Just what is it that America stands for If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.

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