Definition of "liberalize" []

• To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . over recent years” ( Meg Greenfield). (verb-transitive)
• To become liberal or more liberal. (verb-intransitive)

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• "The failure to liberalize is certainly expensive: estimates of the worldwide losses stemming from trade barriers vary, but over time the cost will surely run into the trillions of dollars."
• "The sentence, which initially said that all members present had agreed to liberalize the telecommunications market to competition, was moved a paragraph up and slightly altered-. minus the word liberalize-to ultimately convey the same message and appease the two labor representatives at the meeting."
• "You would kiss health care for all good-bye, because the lords of high finance would say: you must pay off this debt first, and the only way is to "liberalize" - your markets."