liberalize
Make laws less strict
To liberalize is to make less restrictive or more open.
Governments liberalize trade by reducing tariffs.
Societies liberalize laws on things like marriage or drug use.
The word often appears in political and economic contexts: The country liberalized its immigration policy.
Liberalization can be praised as progress or criticized as erosion of standards, depending on one's values.
Transfer to non-government ownership
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
- deregulateRemove official controls
- loosenReduce tension or grip
- relaxBecome less tense
dismantle · decentralize · free-market · laissez-faire · unshackle · competition · antitrust · streamline
Make contemporary
- updateNew version or information
- reviseAlter to improve
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
transform · amend · adjust · modify · relax · ease · soften · broaden
Official enactment of statutes
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- amendmentChange to official text
- statuteEnacted written rule
- enactmentPassing into law
ratification · bipartisan · lobbying · parliament · governance · lawmaking · decree · ordinance
Willingness to accept difference
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- open-mindednessAcceptance of differing viewpoints
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
diversity · permissiveness · broad-mindedness · progressive · secularization · emancipation · enfranchisement · desegregation
Tax on traded goods
- exportForeign-bound sale
- importObtain from overseas
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- quotaFixed assigned amount
protectionism · globalization · customs · duty-free · NAFTA · WTO · bilateral · multilateral
privatize
Transfer to non-government ownership
- decontrolRemove official restrictions
- deregulateRemove official controls
- loosenReduce tension or grip
relax · dismantle · decentralize · free-market · laissez-faire · unshackle · competition · antitrust · streamline · flexibility
modernize
Make contemporary
restructure · transform · amend · adjust · modify · relax · ease · soften · broaden · expand
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
enactment · ratification · bipartisan · lobbying · parliament · governance · lawmaking · decree · ordinance · mandate
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- open-mindednessAcceptance of differing viewpoints
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
pluralism · diversity · permissiveness · broad-mindedness · progressive · secularization · emancipation · enfranchisement · desegregation · suffrage
tariff
Tax on traded goods
quota · protectionism · globalization · customs · duty-free · NAFTA · WTO · bilateral · multilateral · commerce
- innovateinnovate, modernize, revolutionize, transform, overhaul
liberalizerestrict
To impose limits upon
tighten · constrain · regulate · control · clamp down
liberalizenationalize
Transfer to state ownership
collectivize · socialize · centralize · monopolize · subsidize
- classical liberalismDoctrine of minimal governance
- political liberalismPhilosophy prioritizing civil freedoms
liberalism, liberality, liberalized, liberalizing, liberalization, liberalizes, liberalise, liberalising, liberalised