decriminalize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

decriminalize(v = verb.social) decriminalise, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize - make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

is one way to allow, countenance, let, permit

Antonym: criminalize

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

decriminalize, v.tr. (also -ise) cease to treat (an action etc.) as criminal.

Derivative

decriminalization n.