Definitions for decontrolˌdi kənˈtroʊl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

de•con•trolˌdi kənˈtroʊl(v.; n.)-trolled, -trol•ling

  1. (v.t.)to remove controls or restraints, esp. government controls, from:

    to decontrol rents.

    Category: Government

  2. (n.)the removal of controls.

Origin of decontrol:

1915–20

Princeton's WordNet

  1. decontrol(verb)

    relax or remove controls of

    "decontrol marijuana"

Wiktionary

  1. decontrol(Noun)

    the removal of controls

  2. decontrol(Verb)

    to remove controls


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