regulation

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. adjustment (see regulate); law, rule, order, ordinance. See legality.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [The act of reguLating]

Syn. handling, direction, control, administration, supervision, superintendence, governing, regimentation, classification, coordination, disposition, settlement, systematization, arrangement, organization, reorganization, management, guidance, adjustment, moderation, reconciliation, standardization, codification; see also administration 1 .

2. [A rule]

Syn. law, statute, ordinance; see command 1 , law 3 .

See Synonym Study at law .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. control government, management, adjustment, supervision, direction, moderation, tuning, timing.

2. rule law, ordinance, statute, code, requirement, order, commandment, instruction, canon.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A principle governing affairs within or among political units: canon, decree, edict, institute, law, ordinance, precept, prescription, rule. See LAW. 2. A code or set of codes governing action or procedure, for example: dictate, prescript, rubric, rule. See ORDER.