Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of making something regular or standard: The process of imposing a standard pattern, order, or condition on something.
   • The state of being made regular: The condition that results from this process.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The regularisation of working hours improved employee satisfaction.
  • After the regularisation of the data, the patterns became much clearer.
  • The government announced a policy for the regularisation of informal settlements.

Advanced Usage

• In Statistics/Machine Learning: The process of adding information (a penalty) to a model to prevent overfitting and improve its ability to generalise to new data. This is a technical use of the concept of imposing a constraint to create a more standard or stable outcome.
  • L1 and L2 are common techniques for the regularisation of complex regression models.
• In Law and Administration: The official act of making a previously irregular or unofficial situation comply with the law or official rules.
  • The regularisation of their immigration status was a long and complex process.

Variants and Related Words

• Regularise (verb, chiefly British English): To make regular or standard.
  • The company sought to regularise its tax affairs.
• Regularize (verb, chiefly American English): The American English spelling of 'regularise'.
• Regularity (noun): The state or quality of being regular.
• Irregularity (noun): The opposite state; lack of regularity.

Synonyms

• Standardisation
• Normalisation
• Systematisation
• Formalisation

Antonyms

• Irregularisation
• Disorganisation
• Deregulation

Related Phrases

• Process of regularisation: Emphasises the ongoing action.
  • The process of regularisation took several years.
• Policy of regularisation: Refers to an official plan or set of rules designed to achieve regularisation.
  • The new policy of regularisation applies to buildings constructed before 2010.

Noun

1. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
2. the condition of having been made regular (or more regular)