Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.

    The hippies marched for the legalization of marijuana.

    Legalisierung

    легализа́цияlegalizácija, узаконе́ниеuzakonénije, узако́ниваниеuzakónivanije

    легаліза́ціяlehalizácija, узако́ненняuzakónennja

More definitions
  • the act of making lawful

Examples

4 sentences
  1. John supports the legalization of marijuana.

    deJohannes ist dafür, daß Marihuana legalisiert wird.

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  2. Sami believes in the legalization of weed.

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  3. A good case can be made for the legalization of drugs.

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  4. Tom did a dab to celebrate the legalization of cannabis in New York.

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Translations

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process of making something legal:
Русский
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process of making something legal:
Deutsch
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process of making something legal:

Origin

From legalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of loyalization.

From legalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of loyalization.

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Forms

plural: legalizations

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

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