liberalizeverb [ T ]
UK usually liberalise uk/ˈlɪb.ər.əl.aɪz/us/ˈlɪb.ər.əl.aɪz/to make laws, systems, or opinions less severe:
They have plans to liberalize the prison system.
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Justice and fairness
- a fair crack of the whip idiom
- all's fair in love and war idiom
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- balanced
- by rights idiom
- equitable
- even-handed
- eye
- fair
- fair go
- fair-minded
- fairly
- fear
- law
- poetic justice
- pound of flesh idiom
- reap what you have sown idiom
- term
- there's one law for the rich and another for the poor idiom
- without fear or favour idiom
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liberalization
noun [ U ] UK usually liberalisation uk/ˌlɪb.ər.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌlɪb.ər.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Political reform and economic liberalization don't always go together.