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CRIMINALIZE Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word criminalize. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For CRIMINALIZE

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decriminalize
verbv
verb

• make legal

accept
verbv
verb

• consider or hold as true

• receive willingly something given or offered

• give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to

• react favorably to; consider right and proper

• admit into a group or community

• take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

• tolerate or accommodate oneself to

• be designed to hold or take

• receive (a report) officially, as from a committee

• make use of or accept for some purpose

• be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal

allow
verbv
verb

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• consent to, give permission; permit

• let have

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

• allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something

• afford possibility

• allow the other (baseball) team to score

• grant as a discount or in exchange

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

approve
verbv
verb

• give sanction to

• judge to be right or commendable; think well of

authorize
verbv
verb

• grant authorization or clearance for

• give or delegate power or authority to

legalize
verbv
verb

• make legal

legitimize
verbv
verb

• make legal

permit
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

• the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization

• large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

verb

• consent to, give permission; permit

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

sanction
verb, nounv, n
noun

• formal and explicit approval

• a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards

• official permission or approval

• the act of final authorization

verb

• give sanction to

• give authority or permission to

• give religious sanction to, such as through an oath

validate
verbv
verb

• declare or make legally valid

• prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something

• give evidence for

• make valid or confirm the validity of

Alternatives for DECRIMINALIZE

Alternatives for ACCEPT

Alternatives for ALLOW

Alternatives for APPROVE

Alternatives for AUTHORIZE

Alternatives for LEGALIZE

Alternatives for LEGITIMIZE

Alternatives for PERMIT

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