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DECRIMINALIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decriminalization mean?
• DECRIMINALIZATION (noun)
The noun DECRIMINALIZATION has 1 sense:
1. legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
Familiarity information: DECRIMINALIZATION 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 ("decriminalization" is a kind of...):
lawmaking; legislating; legislation (the act of making or enacting laws)
Antonym:
criminalization (legislation that makes something illegal)
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