redlining

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English

Definitions

verb

To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
To run an internal combustion engine to its maximum or maximum recommended speed.
To deny or complicate access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.

noun

The process of or an instance of redlining.
The systematic denial of various services to residents of specific, often racially associated, neighborhoods or communities, either directly or through the selective raising of prices.

Related words

Synonyms

redelineation racialization reracialization redistricting redenomination rezoning redneckification relineation deracialization reradicalization recolorization redrafting rebadging relinearization rediagonalization deranking

Antonyms

Associated

covenants segregation denying lending discriminatory restrictive mortgage neighborhoods segregated disclosure loans discrimination

Rhymes

silver lining shining streamlining reclining pining declining defining combining undermining designing

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