Definition of "misgovernment"

misgovernment

noun
countable and uncountable, plural misgovernments
1. Bad government.
2. (archaic) Failure to restrict oneself; improper behavior; misconduct.
  Quotations
  DON JOHN. (talking of the alleged "vile encounters" of Hero with her lover)Fie, fie! they are not to be nam'd, my lord,Not to be spoke of;There is not chastity enough in languageWithout offence to utter them. Thus, pretty lady,I am sorry for thy much misgovernment.
  1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene i]