the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) | a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) |
the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality | the act of administering medication |
| the act of meting out justice according to the law |
| the act of governing; exercising authority |
| the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something |
| the tenure of a president |