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.)

(rare) present participle of decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.

(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.

simple past tense and past participle of decriminalize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize

One who decriminalizes, or who is in favour of decriminalizing, something.

plural of decriminalizer