What does "legalization" mean?

The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.

Legalization

Common synonyms include: approval, authorization, decriminalization, legal status, legalisation, legality.

noun

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Noun

1
The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization. countable, uncountable
"The hippies marched for the legalization of marijuana."
2
the act of making lawful wordnet

"A good case can be made for the legalization of drugs."

From legalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of loyalization.