Noun

(uncountable)   The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

(countable)   A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

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, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}

* Army regulations state a soldier AWOL over 30 days is a deserter.

(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.

(lb) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.

(lb) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

Noun

(en noun)

The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.

The dealer's manipulations could have removed cards from the deck.

The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.

After a few minutes of manipulation each week, she obtained days of relief from her neck pain.

The management of some situation, especially for one’s own advantage.

He found that the new manager was known for his Machiavellian manipulations in his last two positions.

The usage of psychological influence over a person or situation to gain an outcome.

The counselor was able to reach the disturbed teen through positive psychological manipulation .