| VERB | social | legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise | make legal |
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| Sounds | liy'gahlay.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | make legal. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Marijuana should be legalized" | |
| Synonyms | legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise | |
| Narrower | monetize, monetise | Give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country |
| Broader | permit, allow, let, countenance | consent to, give permission |
| Opposite | outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise | declare illegal |
| Spanish | despenalizar, legalizar, legitimar | |
| Catalan | despenalitzar, legalitzar, legitimar | |
| Nouns | legalization | the act of making lawful / lawful |
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