| NOUN | act | decriminalisation, decriminalization | legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal |
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| Meaning | legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal. | |
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| Synonym | decriminalization | |
| Broader | legislation, legislating, lawmaking | The act of making or enacting laws |
| Opposite | criminalization, criminalisation | legislation that makes something illegal |
| Spanish | descriminalización, despenalización | |
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