Depenalize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove a penalty from. transitive

    "Among these 20 countries, 4 adopted policies to depenalize cannabis use; 11 decriminalized cannabis use; and 7 implemented partial prohibition policies."

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"Among these 20 countries, 4 adopted policies to depenalize cannabis use; 11 decriminalized cannabis use; and 7 implemented partial prohibition policies."

Etymology

From de- + penalize.

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