liberalise
Remove governmental controls
Liberalise is the British spelling of liberalize, meaning to make less restrictive or more open.
Governments liberalise trade by removing tariffs, liberalise markets by reducing regulation, or liberalise laws by relaxing prohibitions: The country liberalised its immigration policies.
The term often appears in economic and political contexts where controls are being loosened.
Remove official controls
- privatiseTransfer state assets privately
- decentraliseTransfer authority to localities
- relaxBecome less tense
- easeLack of strain
loosen · unburden · dismantle · abolish · repeal · revoke · lift · remove
Transfer state assets privately
- deregulateRemove official controls
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
enterprise · competition · austerity · fiscal · monetary · IMF · subsidies · state-owned
Modify or correct
- reviseAlter to improve
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- updateNew version or information
- moderniseMake more current
restructure · transform · streamline · improve · rectify · realign · rehabilitate · renew
Tax on traded goods
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- restrictionLimit on action
customs · import · export · market · protectionism · globalisation · WTO · GATT
Willingness to accept difference
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- diversityState of varied elements
- equalitySame status for all
pluralism · secularise · progressive · permissiveness · open-mindedness · egalitarianism · multiculturalism · emancipation
deregulate
Remove official controls
- privatiseTransfer state assets privately
- decentraliseTransfer authority to localities
- relaxBecome less tense
ease · loosen · unburden · dismantle · abolish · repeal · revoke · lift · remove · waive
privatise
Transfer state assets privately
- deregulateRemove official controls
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
capitalism · enterprise · competition · austerity · fiscal · monetary · IMF · subsidies · state-owned · nationalisation
amend
Modify or correct
modernise · restructure · transform · streamline · improve · rectify · realign · rehabilitate · renew · legislation
tariff
Tax on traded goods
restriction · customs · import · export · market · protectionism · globalisation · WTO · GATT · bilateral
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- diversityState of varied elements
equality · pluralism · secularise · progressive · permissiveness · open-mindedness · egalitarianism · multiculturalism · emancipation · enfranchisement
liberaliserestrict
To impose limits upon
tighten · regulate · constrain · control · protectionism
- classical liberalismDoctrine of minimal governance
- political liberalismPhilosophy prioritizing civil freedoms
classical liberalism, liberalism, liberalize, liberalized, liberalizing, liberalizes, liberalising, liberalised, liberalisation