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noun the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English regulation English deregulation From de- + regulation.
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