regulation
nounHow many syllables in regulation?
There are 4 syllables in the word regulation.How to pronounce regulation:
Definition of regulation:
- regulation (noun):
- an authoritative rule.
- a rule that governs procedure or behaviour
- the act of regulating the state of being regulated
Synonyms for regulation:
age limit
bylaw
canon
code
commandment
constitution
decree
dictate
direction
edict
game law
ground rule
guideline
instruction
law
order
ordinance
precept
prescript
principle
procedure
reg
regularisation
regularization
regulating
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Antonyms for regulation:
ambiguity
answer
block
chaos
defenselessness
deregulation
disallowance
disorder
disorganisation
disorganization
feebleness
frailty
futility
helplessness
hindrance
hopelessness
impotence
impotency
incapacitation
lawlessness
mismanagement
powerlessness
question
request
stop
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- heartbreakingly
- compulsory
- rectilinear
- constructively
- unsuccessful
- entertaining
- consolingly
- intensity
- congenital
- graduated
- separated
- intimidate
- gargantuan
- cartographer
- sociable
- exacerbate
- Zechariah
- protectively
- eligible
- diminutive
- escapable
- syllogism
- parochial
- familial
- compatible
- alleviate
- topography
- tirelessly
- endurable
- distractedly
- colonial
- uncertainty
- residential
- proclamation
- mobility
- dialysis
- participate
- capillary
- philanthropy
- unemployment
- bisexual
- adversity
- readminister
- prosterity
- occipital
- methodical
- millennial
- indicator
- calisthenics
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