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Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.

To abate in severity; to become less rigorous. In others she relaxed again, And governed with a looser rein. Prior.

especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war. The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of rendition. Evelyn.

In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc.,, which represent government indebtedness.

e to a former place, position, condition, or the like. The earl . . . was replaced in his government. Bacon.

by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.

One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.

A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.

A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice. Kent.

court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.

wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively. I here resign my government to thee. Shak. Lament not, Eve, but patiently resign What justly thou hast lost. Milton. What more reasonable, than that we should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God Tiilotson.

not mean; as, a respectable citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." J. H. Newman. No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. Madison.

y, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n.

An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written reeve.] [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

cipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use. Revenue cutter, an armed government vessel employed to enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.

quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government islost. Bacon.

r leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel. Our discontented counties do revolt. Shak. Plant those that have revolted in the van. Shak.

A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed. The violence of revolutions is generally proportioned to the degree of the maladministration which has produced them. Macaulay.…

Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.

One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution. Burke.