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liberalise

liberalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liberalize.

Meaning of liberalize

Verb

liberalize (third-person singular simple present liberalizes, present participle liberalizing, simple past and past participle liberalized)

  1. (transitive) to make liberal, free.
  2. (intransitive) to become liberal, free.

Forms of liberalise

third-person singular presentliberalises
present participleliberalising
past participleliberalised
pastliberalised

Origin of liberalise

From liberal + -ise.

Words formed from liberalise

Questions about liberalise

What is liberalise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Liberalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liberalize.

Words near liberalise in the dictionary

  1. liberalese
  2. liberalest
  3. Liberalia
  4. liberalisation
  5. liberalisations
  6. liberalise
  7. liberalised
  8. liberaliser
  9. liberalisers
  10. liberalises
  11. liberalish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liberalise (page history and authors); liberalize (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.

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