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Definition 2024

decriminalization

decriminalization

English

Alternative forms

(mainly UK) decriminalisation

Noun

decriminalization ‎(uncountable)

The act of making a previously illegal activity no longer treatable as a criminal offence.

Antonyms

criminalization

Translations

making something no longer illegal

Finnish: laillistaminen (fi), dekriminalisointi (fi)
French: décriminalisation f, dépénalisation (fr) f
German: Entkriminalisierung f

Japanese: 免罪 (ja) ‎(menzai)
Portuguese: descriminalização f, legalização (pt) f
Russian: декриминализа́ция (ru) f ‎(dekriminalizácija)
Swedish: avkriminalisering c

See also

legalisation