legalize
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- IPA /ˈliːɡəlaɪz/
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legalize verb
- To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.“There is a debate whether or not to legalise some of the softer drugs.”
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decriminalizelegitimatelegitimatizelegitimizerectifyenactregulateratifyauthenticateregularizeregulariseformalizecodifylegaliselegitimiserelegalise
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