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depenalized

depenalized is the simple past and past participle of depenalize.

Meaning of depenalize

Verb

depenalize (third-person singular simple present depenalizes, present participle depenalizing, simple past and past participle depenalized)

  1. (transitive) To remove a penalty from.
    • Among these 20 countries, 4 adopted policies to depenalize cannabis use; 11 decriminalized cannabis use; and 7 implemented partial prohibition policies.2015 November 26, “Cannabis Liberalization and Adolescent Cannabis Use: A Cross-National Study in 38 Countries”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about depenalized

What is depenalized the simple past and past participle of?
Depenalized is the simple past and past participle of depenalize.

Words near depenalized in the dictionary

  1. depenalisation
  2. depenalisations
  3. depenalization
  4. depenalizations
  5. depenalize
  6. depenalized
  7. depenalizes
  8. depenalizing
  9. depend
  10. dependa
  11. dependabilities

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