legalization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

legalization legalizations legalisation

Etymology

From legalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of loyalization.

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