decriminalization

English

Alternative forms

• (mainly UK) decriminalisation

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) de- +‎ criminalization

Pronunciation

• enPR: dēkrĭ"mĭnəlīzā'shən, IPA^(key): /diːˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/

Noun

decriminalization (uncountable)

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

Antonyms

• criminalization

Translations

making something no longer illegal

• Finnish: laillistaminen (fi), dekriminalisointi (fi)
• French: décriminalisation (fr) f, dépénalisation (fr) f
• German: Entkriminalisierung f
• Greek: αποποινικοποίηση (el) f (apopoinikopoíisi)
• Japanese: 免罪 (ja) (menzai)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: descriminalização (pt) f, legalização (pt) f
• Russian: декриминализа́ция (ru) f (dekriminalizácija)
• Spanish: descriminalización f
• Swedish: avkriminalisering c

See also

• legalisation