Meanings
present singular third person deregulates · participle present deregulating · participle past deregulated · past deregulated
- transitiveTo remove the regulations, or legal restrictions, from.
Along with attacking “woke” investing, FGA has worked with legislators and elected officials to push for laws to deregulate child labor, stop Medicaid expansion and slash food stamps, among other initiatives.
2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishregulate
- Englishderegulate
Translations
Arabic إِلْغَاء الضَوَابِط التَنْظِيمِيَّة
- إِلْغَاء الضَوَابِط التَنْظِيمِيَّة (ʔilḡāʔ aḍ-ḍawābiṭ at-tanẓīmiyya)to remove the regulations from
Czech deregulovat
- deregulovatto remove the regulations from
German deregulieren
- deregulierento remove the regulations from
Portuguese desregular
- desregularto remove the regulations from
Cite this entry
deregulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deregulate
“deregulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deregulate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deregulate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deregulate.
Source: deregulate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.