Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Regulation

Regulation (-l?"sh?n) , noun

1.
The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
The temper and regulation of our own minds. — Macaulay
2.
A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.
Collocations (1)
Regulation sword or cap or uniform (Military) , a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations.