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DECRIMINALISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decriminalisation mean?
• DECRIMINALISATION (noun)
The noun DECRIMINALISATION has 1 sense:
1. legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
Familiarity information: DECRIMINALISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
decriminalisation; decriminalization
Hypernyms ("decriminalisation" is a kind of...):
lawmaking; legislating; legislation (the act of making or enacting laws)
Antonym:
criminalisation (legislation that makes something illegal)
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