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depenalizing

depenalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 depenalizing

What is depenalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Depenalizing is the present participle and gerund of depenalize.

Words near depenalizing in the dictionary

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

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