Legalize

Quick meaning: Legalize is a verb meaning To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

Meaning

To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

Example Sentences

There is a debate whether or not to legalize some of the softer drugs.

This is true despite the fact that in 1986, the federal government legalized the cashability of RRSP annuities.

But now a legislative battle looms over the gun lobby’s brazen counterinitiative to legalize concealed weapons on campus.

Legislative reform campaigns aimed at restricting foreign immigration, mandating state institutionalization of the biologically unfit, and legalizing eugenical involuntary sterilization.

Word Forms

• legalizes
• legalizing
• legalized
• legalise

Synonyms for legalize

Depending on context, synonyms include legitimate, legitimize, legitimatize, decriminalize.

Antonyms for legalize

Common opposites include criminalize, illegalize, outlaw.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include decriminalize, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, rectify, enact.

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