legalising
Removing criminal status
Legalising is the British spelling of legalizing—the act of making something lawful that was previously prohibited or restricted.
The term appears most often in debates about drugs, gambling, or other regulated activities: The government is considering legalising cannabis for medical use.
Official enactment of statutes
- billAmount owed, written
- statuteEnacted written rule
- enactmentPassing into law
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
passage · ratification · approval · sanction · proclamation · implementation · adoption · ordinance
Ending criminal status
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- non-prosecutionDeclining to press charges
- normalizationAdjusting to a standard
acceptance · leniency · permissiveness · exemption · dispensation · moratorium · harm-reduction · expungement
Adoption of current methods
- transformationThorough change in form
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revisionAltering to improve
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
progress · change · improvement · innovation · shift · evolution · restructuring · modification
Same status for all
- justiceFair treatment under law
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
protection · empowerment · accessibility · autonomy · dignity · sovereignty · self-determination · suffrage
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
codification · passage · ratification · approval · sanction · proclamation · implementation · adoption · ordinance · measure
decriminalization
Ending criminal status
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- non-prosecutionDeclining to press charges
normalization · acceptance · leniency · permissiveness · exemption · dispensation · moratorium · harm-reduction · expungement · pardoning
modernization
Adoption of current methods
- transformationThorough change in form
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revisionAltering to improve
liberalization · progress · change · improvement · innovation · shift · evolution · restructuring · modification · update
equality
Same status for all
humanitarian · protection · empowerment · accessibility · autonomy · dignity · sovereignty · self-determination · suffrage · decency
legalisingcriminalising
Declaring an act unlawful
banning · prohibiting · outlawing · proscribing · forbidding
legalisingbanning
Officially prohibiting something
prohibiting · restricting · suppressing · penalising · regulating
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