LEGALIZATION

legalization, legalisation, legitimation

(noun) the act of making lawful

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

legalization (countable and uncountable, plural legalizations)

The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.

Antonyms

• illegalization

Source: Wiktionary


Le`gal*i*za"tion, n.

Definition: The act of making legal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

30 June 2025

BODILY

(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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