Governing
Governing adjective - Responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws.
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Synonyms for Governing
Legislative and governing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Legislative" instead an adjective "Governing".
Legislative
Legislative adjective - Relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature.
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Synonyms for Legislative
Governing and legislative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Governing" instead an adjective "Legislative".
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Related pairs
- management and governing
- management and legislative
- ruling and governing
- ruling and legislative
- government and governing
- government and legislative
- authoritative and governing
- authoritative and legislative
- sovereign and governing
- sovereign and legislative
- controlling and governing
- controlling and legislative
- magisterial and governing
- magisterial and legislative
Both words in one sentence
- While the Sith Emperor is the true ruler of the Empire, the Dark Council serves as its legislative branch, and holds the day-to-day task of governing the Empire.
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With devolution (the transferring of certain legislative powers to local governing bodies, the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly) and increasing Scottish and Welsh nationalism, even the English are getting more and more picky about these matters of designation.
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