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LIBERALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules

Synonyms:

liberalise; liberalize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "liberalize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

liberalise; liberalize (become more liberal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liberalize"):

decontrol (relax or remove controls of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

liberalization (the act of making less strict)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become more liberal

Example:

The laws liberalized after Prohibition

Synonyms:

liberalise; liberalize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "liberalize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

liberalise; liberalize (make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

liberalization (the act of making less strict)

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