the Wolfenden Report
/ðə ˈwʊlfndən rɪpɔːt/
/ðə ˈwʊlfndən rɪpɔːrt/
- a British government report, completed in 1957, on homosexuality (= sexual relationships between people of the same sex). It was responsible for homosexual acts between consenting (= agreeing) adults becoming legal in Britain. All homosexual acts had been illegal until then.