decriminalization
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/diːˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/
English
Definitions
noun
- The act of making a previously criminal activity no longer treatable as a criminal offence.“the decriminalization of all plant-based psychedelics”
- The act of turning a criminal into a non-criminal by making their activities legal.
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Synonyms
legalizationdecriminalisationcriminalizationincriminationcriminalitylegitimizationregularizationdelegalizationcriminalisationillegalizationdestigmatizationdenormalizationlegalisationdecommunizationdeconflationdeconstitutionalization