verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   to make liberal, free. transitive
2. 2
   make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules wordnet
3. 3
   to become liberal, free. intransitive
4. 4
   become more liberal wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

liberalise

Example

More examples

"They plan to liberalize the immigration rules."

Etymology

From liberal + -ize.

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