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Legalization

Leˊgal-i-za′tion

(lēˊgal-ĭ-zā′shŭn)

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Noun.

The act of making legal.

Definition 2024

legalization

legalization

English

Alternative forms

legalisation

Noun

legalization ‎(plural legalizations)

The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.
The hippies marched for the legalization of marijauna.

Antonyms

illegalization

Translations

process of making something legal

Asturian: llegalización f
Catalan: legalització f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合法化 (zh) ‎(héfǎhuà)
Crimean Tatar: qanunlaştıruv, qanunlaştırma
Finnish: laillistaminen (fi)
French: légalisation (fr) f
Galician: legalización (gl) f
German: Legalisierung (de) f

Italian: legalizzazione (it) f
Japanese: 合法化 ‎(ごうほうか, gōhōka)
Korean: 합법화 ‎(hapbeophwa) (合法化)
Portuguese: legalização (pt) f
Russian: легализа́ция (ru) f ‎(legalizácija)
Spanish: legalización f
Swedish: legalisering (sv) c
Vietnamese: sự hợp pháp hoá (vi) (sự (vi) + 合法化)