Synonyms 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

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. regulation, ordinancenoun

   an authoritative rule

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

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

3. regulationnoun

   the state of being controlled or governed

   Synonyms:
   regulating, regularization, ordinance, rule, regularisation

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

4. regulationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   regulating, regularization, ordinance, rule, regularisation

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

5. regulation, regularization, regularisationnoun

   the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

   Synonyms:
   regulating, regularization, ordinance, rule, regularisation

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

6. regulation, regulatingadjective

   the act of controlling or directing according to rule

   "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"

   Synonyms:
   regulating, regularization, ordinance, rule, regularisation

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

7. regulationadjective

   prescribed by or according to regulation

   "regulation army equipment"

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard

Matched Categories

1. • Dominance
   • Embryology
   • Organic Process
   • Rule

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. precept

   regulation is like a rule.

   a rule of order having the force of law, prescribed by a superior or competent authority, relating to the actions of those under the authority's control.

   Submitted by rinat on December 2, 2015  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. regulationnoun

   Synonyms:
   adjustment, disposition, disposure, disposal, ordering

2. regulationnoun

   Synonyms:
   rule, order, law

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "regulation":

   regulations, rules, settlement, regulatory, verordnung, verordening, regulating, regulamento, regolamento, règlement, förordning, reglamento, by-law, resolution, legislation, asetus, κανονισμός, κανονισμού, ordinance, asetuksen, article, resolving, clause, regulate, rule, nařízení, lawmaking, settling, regulates, rozporządzenie, uredba, réglementation, ppvcr

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1. Med Jones:

   Lack of regulation is as bad as over-regulation. Although I believe governments should not regulate free market choices, I also believe they should regulate to protect investors against conflict of interests and negligence by investment bankers. Regulations should also ensure full transparency and disclosures and should effectively penalize violators.

2. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley:

   And certainly the concentrated wealth and accumulated power and the systematic deregulation of Wall Street has led to this situation where the economy isn't working for most of us. All of that is true, but it is not true that regulation holds poor people down or regulation keeps middle class from advancing. That's kind of patently bulls---.

3. Jason Green:

   Regulation is one thing, but this isn't regulation - just one guy making a decision, there's a lot of misinformation out there and hopefully we've shown that people should be allowed to keep playing.

4. Adam Smith:

   Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

5. Mark Zuckerberg:

   The internet is growing in importance around the world in people’s lives and I think that it is inevitable that there will need to be some regulation, so my position is not that there should be no regulation, but I also think that you have to be careful about regulation you put in place.