DECRIMINALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decriminalize mean? 

• DECRIMINALIZE (verb)
  The verb DECRIMINALIZE has 1 sense:

1. make legal

  Familiarity information: DECRIMINALIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECRIMINALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they decriminalize    ... he / she / it decriminalizes   
Past simple: decriminalized   
Past participle: decriminalized   
-ing form: decriminalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make legal

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

Marijuana should be legalized

Hypernyms (to "decriminalize" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decriminalize"):

monetise; monetize (give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

criminalize (declare illegal; outlaw)