regimes

noun

1. 1

   Mode of rule or management.

   “a prison regime”

2. 2

   A form of government, or the government in power.

   “a capitalist regime”

3. 3

   A period of rule.

4. 4

   A regulated system; a regimen.

   “Heaven will eliminate the tyrannical regimes.”

5. 5

   A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.

6. 6

   A set of characteristics.

   “A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.”