ILLIBERALIZES Antonyms

• become (more) democratic; of nations

• introduce democratic reforms; of nations

• give equal rights to; of women and minorities

• free from slavery or servitude

• extend in one or more directions

• become larger in size or volume or quantity

• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

• grow vigorously

• exaggerate or make bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• expand the influence of

• make more humane

• make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules

• become more liberal

• make loose or looser

• make less severe or strict

• become less severe or strict

• disentangle and raise the fibers of

• cause to become loose

• make less dense

• become loose or looser or less tight