DECRIMINALIZE
legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
(verb) make legal; “Marijuana should be legalized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
decriminalize (third-person singular simple present decriminalizes, present participle decriminalizing, simple past and past participle decriminalized)
(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
Synonym: legalize
Antonym: criminalize
Source: Wiktionary
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