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defelonizing

defelonizing is the present participle of defelonize.

Meaning of defelonize

Verb

defelonize (third-person singular simple present defelonizes, present participle defelonizing, simple past and past participle defelonized)

  1. (transitive) To reduce the status of (a crime) such that it is no longer a felony.
    • His solution, however, was not to reform sentencing laws or decriminalize or defelonize nonviolent crimes, […]2011, Elana Zilberg, Space of Detention, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 248

Questions about defelonizing

What is defelonizing the present participle of?
Defelonizing is the present participle of defelonize.

Words near defelonizing in the dictionary

  1. DeFelice
  2. Defelices
  3. defelonize
  4. defelonized
  5. defelonizes
  6. defelonizing
  7. defeminated
  8. defemination
  9. defeminisation
  10. defeminise
  11. defeminised

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