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Noun Concept
Categories: Criminal law legal terms, Law stubs, Drug policy reform, Politics stubs, Crime stubs
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decriminalization  decriminalisation  Decriminalaztion  decriminalise  decriminalised  decriminalize
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Legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal WordNet 3.0
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Legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Decriminalization or decriminalisation is the legislative process which removes prosecutions against an action so that the action remains illegal but has no criminal penalties or at most some civil fine. Wikipedia
Reduced or absence of a criminal penalty for certain acts, illegal or legal Wikidata
The act of making a previously criminal activity no longer treatable as a criminal offence. Wiktionary
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The decriminalization of all plant-based psychedelics. Wiktionary
IS A
legislation
legislation
liberalization
public policy
HAS KIND
decriminalization of sex work
ANTONYM
criminalization
FACET OF
criminal law
PARTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH
legalization
USAGE DOMAIN
Australian English orthography
British English orthography
American English orthography
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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decriminalization, decriminalisation
Wikipedia
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decriminalization
Wikidata
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decriminalization
Wiktionary
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decriminalization
Wikipedia Redirections
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Decriminalaztion, decriminalisation, decriminalise, decriminalised, Decriminalizated, decriminalize, decriminalized, decriminalizing, Depenalisation, depenalization, Descriminalizacion, Descriminalización
Wikidata Alias
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decriminalisation

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