Synonyms for decriminalize
diˈkrɪm ə nlˌaɪzde·crim·i·nal·ize

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1. decriminalizeverb

   Synonyms:
   legalize

   Antonyms:
   criminalize

2. decriminalizeverb

   To change the laws so something is no longer a crime. Opposite of criminalize.

   Synonyms:
   legalize

   Antonyms:
   criminalize

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1. legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatiseverb

   make legal

   "Marijuana should be legalized"

   Synonyms:
   legitimize, legalise, decriminalise, legitimise, legitimate, legalize, legitimatise, legitimatize

   Antonyms:
   illegalize, criminalise, criminalize, outlaw, illegalise

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1. List of paraphrases for "decriminalize":

   decriminalise

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1. Senator Hontiveros:

   Women must vigilantly protect our rights and freedoms especially amid the rise of authoritarianism and religious fundamentalism in many countries across the globe, i fully support the push to decriminalize abortion under Philippine laws.

2. Steve Bullock:

   You don't have to decriminalize everything, what you have to do is to have a president in there with the judgment and the decency to treat someone that comes to the border like one of our own.

3. Jason Johnson:

   This spike in assaults on law enforcement officers comes at a time in which law enforcement is seemingly under attack on all fronts, activists have called for (some successfully) de-funding of police, while prosecutors in cities across America have made clear their intention to decriminalize everything from theft to prostitution. It’s hard to imagine the two trends are not closely related.

4. John Suthers:

   To decriminalize dangerous and unreasonable behavior in which people are getting hurt and houses are blowing up, defies the intent of the voters, colorado is experiencing a real public safety issue as a result of unsafe and unlicensed manufacturing and production.

5. President Trump:

   In 1961, Illinois became the first state to decriminalize homosexuality.You get the idea. America was great for white males in the 1950s -- and not great for pretty much everyone. President Trump either can't -- or won't -- see that element of the time period that President Trump clearly longs for, and which President Trump is, mentally speaking, still stuck in. During that time, women were largely staying at home, cooking meals for their husbands and taking care of their kids. Not, say, asking tough questions at Paula Reid responded to Trump's comments in a tweet Tuesday :.