decriminalisation
decriminalisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decriminalization.
Meaning of decriminalization
Noun
decriminalization (uncountable)
- 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.)
- the decriminalization of all plant-based psychedelics
- The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc).
- Most sex work feminists support either the legalization or the decriminalization of sex workers.2012, Sverre Molland, The Perfect Business? Anti-Trafficking and the Sex Trade along the Mekong, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 38
Origin of decriminalisation
From de- + criminalisation.
Words that rhyme with decriminalisation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about decriminalisation
- What is decriminalisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
- Decriminalisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decriminalization.
Words near decriminalisation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: decriminalisation (page history and authors); decriminalization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “decriminalisation.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/decriminalisation. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.