Amend and Regulate

Amend

Amend verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.
Usage example: the Bill of Rights was adopted in an effort to amend a constitution that seemed to many to be deficient in guaranteeing individual rights

Regulate and amend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regulate" instead a verb "Amend".

Regulate

Regulate verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Amend and regulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Amend" instead a verb "Regulate".

Common collocations

behavior amend behavior regulate behavior
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