Antonyms for regulation
ˌrɛg yəˈleɪ ʃənreg·u·la·tion

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1. regulation

   Law, in its ideal, is the statement of a principle of right in mandatory form, by competent authority, with adequate penalty for disobedience; in common use, the term is applied to any legislative act, however imperfect or unjust. Command and commandment are personal and particular; as, the commands of a parent; the ten commandments. An edict is the act of an absolute sovereign or other authority; we speak of the edict of an emperor, the decree of a court. A mandate is specific, for an occasion or a purpose; a superior court issues its mandate to an inferior court to send up its records. Statute is the recognized legal term for a specific law; enactment is the more vague and general expression. We speak of algebraic or chemical formulas, municipal ordinances, military orders, army regulations, ecclesiastical canons, the rules of a business house. Law is often used, also, for a recognized principle, whose violation is attended with injury or loss that acts like a penalty; as, the laws of business; the laws of nature. In more strictly scientific use, a natural law is simply a recognized system of sequences or relations; as, Kepler's laws of planetary distances. A code is a system of laws; jurisprudence is the science of law, or a system of laws scientifically considered, classed, and interpreted; legislation, primarily the act of legislating, denotes also the body of statutes enacted by a legislative body. An economy (Greek oikonomia, primarily the management of a house) is any comprehensive system of administration; as, domestic economy; but the word is extended to the administration or government of a state or people, signifying a body of laws and regulations, with the entire system, political or religious, especially the latter, of which they form a part; as, the code of Draco, Roman jurisprudence, British legislation, the Mosaic economy. Law is also used as a collective noun for a system of laws or recognized rules or regulations, including not only all special laws, but the principles on which they are based. The Mosaic economy is known also as the Mosaic law, and we speak of the English common law, or the law of nations. Polity (Greek politeia, from polis, a city) signifies the form, constitution, or method of government of a nation, state, church, or other institution; in usage it differs from economy as applying rather to the system, while economy applies especially to method, or to the system as administered; an economy might be termed a polity considered with especial reference to its practical administration, hence commonly with special reference to details or particulars, while polity has more reference to broad principles.

   Synonyms:
   canon, code, command, commandment, decree, economy, edict, enactment, formula, jurisprudence, law, legislation, mandate, order, ordinance, polity, principle, rule, statute

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1. regulation

   Antonyms:
   misrule, disorder, anarchy, misgovernment, maladministration, disarrangement, nonregulation, caprice, license, insubjection, uncontrol

   Synonyms:
   rule, law, adjustment, disposal, method, government, order, control, arrangement

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1. • Dominance
   • Embryology
   • Organic Process
   • Rule

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. regulation, ordinancenoun

   an authoritative rule

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

   Synonyms:
   ordination, regulating, regularization, ordinance, rule, regularisation

2. rule, regulationnoun

   a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

   "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

   Synonyms:
   rule, convention, normal, regularization, ordinance, principle, regularisation, ruler, prescript, pattern, formula, linguistic rule, regulating, dominion

3. regulationnoun

   the state of being controlled or governed

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

   Synonyms:
   regulating, regularization, ordinance, rule, regularisation

4. regulationnoun

   (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

   Synonyms:
   regulating, regularization, ordinance, rule, regularisation

5. regulation, regularization, regularisationnoun

   the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

   Synonyms:
   regulating, regularization, ordinance, rule, regularisation

6. regulation, regulatingadjective

   the act of controlling or directing according to rule

   "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

   Synonyms:
   regulating, regularization, ordinance, rule, regularisation

7. regulationadjective

   prescribed by or according to regulation

   "regulation army equipment"

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

How to use regulation in a sentence?

1. Jes Staley:

   What the UK needs and London needs, is to make sure that the City is one of the best places, whether [it is in terms of] regulation or law or language, or talent.

2. Andrew Martin:

   Credit quality is by far the biggest risk that faces the banks. It can affect earnings, dividends, the second one is regulations, and the reason is, ultimately over time, the more regulation there is the more it will pressure returns.

3. Jeb Bush:

   She did a good job in the debate, for sure, she's a smart person, no doubt about that. But every chance she had to lay out a different approach than the one we're on now, she actually doubled or tripled down on it: more taxes, more regulation, more creating barriers on people's ability to rise up.

4. Steve Tsang:

   The increase in regulation can bring some benefits to the Chinese corporate world as some sectors are very unregulated, but the increase in control also signals to the private entrepreneurs that they must now watch their steps more carefully and bring their businesses in line with Party guidelines or leadership.

5. Minister Bento Albuquerque:

   That legislative effort shall also include the regulation of the use of indigenous and other areas according to what the Brazilian federal constitution states.

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