decontrolled
No longer regulated
Decontrolled describes something released from government controls or regulations, especially price controls: Gasoline prices rose sharply after the market was decontrolled.
The term appears most often in discussions of economic policy, where industries or commodities move from regulated to free-market status.
Freed from government controls
- liberalizedMade less restrictive
- privatizedTransferred to non-government ownership
- delicensedStripped of official permit
- decriminalizedMade no longer a crime
laissez-faire · free-market · hands-off · noninterventionist · self-regulating · unrestricted · unconstrained · unhampered
Released from confinement
- emancipatedReleased from subjugation
- unshackledReleased from restraints
- unchainedFreed from restraints
- releasedSet free from confinement
delivered · extricated · unbound · unfettered · unleashed · detached · disengaged · cleared
Discharged substance or act
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- spillAccidental liquid release
- leakageUnintended fluid escape
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
dispersion · seepage · effusion · escape · exposure · venting · outgassing · fugitive
deregulated
Freed from government controls
- liberalizedMade less restrictive
- privatizedTransferred to non-government ownership
- delicensedStripped of official permit
decriminalized · laissez-faire · free-market · hands-off · noninterventionist · self-regulating · unrestricted · unconstrained · unhampered · unbounded
freed
Released from confinement
- emancipatedReleased from subjugation
- unshackledReleased from restraints
- unchainedFreed from restraints
released · delivered · extricated · unbound · unfettered · unleashed · detached · disengaged · cleared · disenthralled
emission
Discharged substance or act
contamination · dispersion · seepage · effusion · escape · exposure · venting · outgassing · fugitive · accidental
decontrolledcontrolled
Kept within limits
regulated · state-controlled · supervised · managed · administered
decontrolledcontrolled
Kept within limits
restricted · constrained · regulated · disciplined · restrained
control, controller, controlled, controlling, uncontrollable, controls, uncontrolled, controllable, uncontrollably