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Verb: decriminalize  dee'kree-mi-nu`lIz
  1. Make legal
    "Marijuana should be decriminalized"
    - legalize, legalise [Brit], decriminalise [Brit], legitimize, legitimise [Brit], legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise [Brit]

Derived forms: decriminalizes, decriminalized, decriminalizing

Type of: allow, countenance, let, permit

Antonym: criminalize

Encyclopedia: Decriminalize

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