Decriminalization

noun

/diːˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe act of making a previously criminal activity no longer treatable as a criminal offence.

"the decriminalization of all plant-based psychedelics"

2.nounThe act of turning a criminal into a non-criminal by making their activities legal.

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