Legalization

noun

noun ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization. countable, uncountable

    "The hippies marched for the legalization of marijuana."

  2. 2
    the act of making lawful wordnet

Synonyms

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authorizationlegalisationlegislationlegitimationpassagesanction

Example

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

Etymology

From legalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of loyalization.

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