regulation of programmed cell death negative regulation of programmed cell death down-regulation of programmed cell death inhibition of programmed cell death Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of programmed cell death, cell death resulting from activation of endogenous cellular processes. negative regulation of non-apoptotic programmed cell death down regulation of programmed cell death GO:0043072 downregulation of programmed cell death biological_process GO:0043069 negative regulation of cell death