legalise

See also: légalisé and légalise

English

Alternative forms

legalize (American)

Etymology

legal +‎ -ise

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈliːɡəlaɪz/

Verb

legalise (third-person singular simple present legalises, present participle legalising, simple past and past participle legalised)

To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
There is a debate whether or not to legalise some of the softer drugs.

Antonyms

Derived terms

legalisation, legalization

Translations

make legal

Asturian: llegalizar
Catalan: legalitzar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合法化 (zh) (héfǎhuà)
Danish: legalisere
Dutch: legaliseren (nl)
Esperanto: legalizi
Estonian: legaliseerima
Finnish: laillistaa (fi)
French: dépénaliser (fr), autoriser (fr), légaliser (fr)
Galician: legalizar

German: legalisieren (de)
Hungarian: legalizál (hu), törvényesít
Italian: legalizzare
Japanese: 合法化する (ごうほうかする, gōhōka-suru)
Korean: 합법화하다 (hapbeophwahada) (合法化 + 하다 (ko) (hada))
Portuguese: legalizar (pt)
Russian: легализова́ть (ru) (legalizovátʹ), узако́нить (ru) (uzakónitʹ)
Spanish: legalizar (es)
Swedish: legalisera (sv)
Vietnamese: hợp pháp hoá (vi) (合法化)

Anagrams

galilees

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