regulation

Meanings

• an authoritative rule
• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
  • "short haircuts were the regulation"
• the state of being controlled or governed
• (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
• the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
• the act of controlling or directing according to rule
  • "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
• prescribed by or according to regulation
  • "regulation army equipment"

Synonyms

ordinance, regularisation, regularization, regulating, rule