Definition of "decriminalizing" [decriminalizing]

• Present participle of decriminalize. To change the laws so something is no longer a crime. (verb)

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• "Yanukovych had floated the idea of decriminalizing certain economic crimes, but the text of his bill posted on parliament's website Wednesday contained no mention of Tymoshenko's charge."
• "Synthetic Opium derivatives have been legal forever as medicinal -- but even on progressive sites, to most, the idea of decriminalizing natural opiates is absurd???"
• "Of course once Obama was in office one of the first things he did was ridicule in a press conference the idea of decriminalizing marijuana."