"decriminalization" meaning in All languages combined

See decriminalization on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /diːˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/
enPR: dēkrĭ"mĭnəlīzā'shən Etymology: de- + criminalization Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{prefix|en|de|criminalization}} de- + criminalization Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} decriminalization (uncountable)
  1. The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.) Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Crime Translations (making something no longer illegal): ապաքրեականացում (apakʻreakanacʻum) (Armenian), descriminalització [feminine] (Catalan), 除罪化 (chúzuìhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), dekriminalizace [feminine] (Czech), decriminalisering [feminine] (Dutch), laillistaminen (Finnish), dekriminalisointi (Finnish), décriminalisation [feminine] (French), dépénalisation [feminine] (French), Entkriminalisierung [feminine] (German), αποποινικοποίηση (apopoinikopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), dekriminalizáció (Hungarian), dekriminalizálás (Hungarian), decriminalizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 免罪 (menzai) (Japanese), қылмыссыздандыру (qylmyssyzdandyru) (Kazakh), 비범죄화 (bibeomjoehwa) (Korean), dekryminalizacja [feminine] (Polish), descriminalização [feminine] (Portuguese), legalização [feminine] (Portuguese), декриминализа́ция (dekriminalizácija) [feminine] (Russian), descriminalización [feminine] (Spanish), avkriminalisering [common-gender] (Swedish), декриміналіза́ція (dekryminalizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), phi hình sự hóa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-decriminalization-en-noun-T5G7dlXX Disambiguation of Crime: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'making something no longer illegal': 63 37
  2. The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc). Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-decriminalization-en-noun-FFi~6IDr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: decriminalisation [UK, mainly] Hypernyms: legal reclassification Related terms: legalization Translations (turning a criminal into a non-criminal): decriminalisering [feminine] (Dutch), dekriminalisointi (Finnish), phi hình sự hóa (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'turning a criminal into a non-criminal': 46 54

Alternative forms

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