DECRIMINALIZE

legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise

(verb) make legal; ā€œMarijuana should be legalizedā€

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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