régime

Noun

regime (plural regimes)

1. Mode of rule or management.
   • a prison regime
2. A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
   • the dictator's regime
3. A period of rule.
4. A regulated system; a regimen.
   • a fitness regime
5. A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
6. A set of characteristics.
   • A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.