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decrescendo |
decretory |
decriminalisation |
decriminalise |
decriminalization |
decriminalize
| decry
| decrypt
| decryption
| decubitus
| decubitus ulcer
decriminalize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb decriminalize has 1 sense
- decriminalize(v = verb.social) decriminalise, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize - make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" is one way to allow, countenance, let, permit
Antonym: criminalize
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
decriminalize, v.tr. (also -ise) cease to treat (an action etc.) as criminal.
Derivative
decriminalization n.
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