regulation

& a. [REGULATE.] A. As substantive: 1. The act of regulating; the act of reducing to order, or of disposing in accordance with rule or established custom. "Such a regulation of matters as they desire."- Sharp : Sermons, vol. i., ser. 10. 2. The state of being regulated. 3. A rule, order, or direction from a superior or IMG:content-0385.png:[blocks in formation] "He departs out of the world regretfully." -Green hill: Art of Embalming , p. 104.