decriminalisation
English
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From de- + criminalisation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]decriminalisation (uncountable)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decriminalization.
- 2023 September 2, Nino Bucci, “A haven for ‘drug tourism’ or beacon of hope? The rhetoric around decriminalisation in the ACT”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 30 April 2024:
- In February, Gaughan and a delegation of other government and health officials from the ACT travelled to Vancouver, San Francisco and Portland to see how decriminalisation worked in these jurisdictions.
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