What does regulation mean?

Question

What does regulation mean?

Answer 1

It means that some governing agency or authority puts rules on people or things, like your parents telling you that you need to be in bed by 9:00pm or your toys must be put away after you are done playing with them.

Regulations are a way to put order or control on things, some regulations are good and others are nonproductive.

Answer 2

A norm or a ruling

guidelines or statements of what you can do issued by the authority

to break these demands is breaking the rules ,or regulations ,

and usually means fines or punishment of some sort