legalizes

Meaning of legalizes

verb, 3rd person present
  1. make (something that was previously illegal) permissible by law.
    the Swiss parliament legalized cannabis

Information about legalizes

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of legalizes is: legalize.
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Hyphenation of legalizes

le-gal-izes

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • legalizes is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

legalizes synonyms

Meaning stop treating (something) as illegal or as a criminal offence:

decriminalize

Meaning make legitimate:

legitimize

Meaning make legitimate or lawful:

legitimatize

Meaning make lawful or justify:

legitimate

Meaning make or declare legally valid:

validate

Meaning sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid:

ratify

Meaning officially allow (someone) to do something:

permit

Meaning let (someone) have or do something:

allow

Meaning confess to be true or to be the case:

admit

Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):

accept

Meaning give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent):

authorize

Meaning give official permission or approval for (an action):

sanction

Meaning justify or necessitate (a course of action):

warrant

Meaning grant a licence to:

license

Meaning officially agree to or accept as satisfactory:

approve

Meaning admit as acceptable or possible:

countenance

Meaning make (something) regular:

regularize

Meaning control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly:

regulate

Meaning bring or return to a normal or standard condition or state:

normalize

Meaning give approval to:

OK

legalizes antonyms

Meaning formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority:

prohibit

Words that rhyme with legalizes

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