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| match play |
a type of golf competition in which each side scores a point for each hole won, regardless of the total number of strokes. (Cf. medal play.) |
| no-fault |
of or pertaining to a system of automobile insurance in which a company pays all or part of its policyholder's losses regardless of who was at fault for a particular accident. [1/2 definitions] |
| no matter |
regardless of; irrespective of (used in combination with "how," "what," "where," and other question words). [1/2 definitions] |
| no matter what |
regardless of the cost or of what might happen. |
| open admissions |
the policy of admitting any student who desires to attend a university, regardless of proficiency. |
| party politics |
political practices intended to further the aims and interests of a political party, regardless of their effects on the public in general. |
| personal responsibility |
the principle that one is responsible for one's own behavior, regardless of the behavior of others. |
| sacrifice |
to allow to be sold or destroyed regardless of losses that might be incurred. [1/11 definitions] |
| thermoregulation |
the maintenance by a living body of a constant internal body temperature regardless of outside environmental temperature. |
| timbre |
the characteristic tonal quality of any sound, esp. a musical instrument, voice, or speech sound, regardless of its pitch or volume. |
| trigger-happy |
(informal) ready to use force, esp. by firing a gun, at the slightest provocation, regardless of consequences. [1/2 definitions] |
| Voting Rights Act |
law enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1965 designed to protect the right to vote for all citizens regardless of race or color. |
| willy-nilly |
happening or done regardless of one's wishes. [1/2 definitions] |
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