LEGALIZE

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

(verb) make legal; “Marijuana should be legalized”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

legalize (third-person singular simple present legalizes, present participle legalizing, simple past and past participle legalized)

To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

Antonyms

• criminalize

• illegalize

Source: Wiktionary


Le"gal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Legalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Legalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. légaliser.]

1. To make legal.

2. (Theol.)

Definition: To interpret or apply in a legal spirit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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