DEREGULATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)

Synonyms:

deregulating; deregulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("deregulation" is a kind of...):

freeing; liberation; release (the act of liberating someone or something)

Derivation:

deregulate (lift the regulations on)

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