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What does decriminalize mean?

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  1. (transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
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On September 25 the House voted to decriminalize abortion in the first trimester.
We will not legalize or decriminalize any drugs, nor do we envisage a time when this would be appropriate.
Tsai restated yesterday that the current aim of the small three links is only to decriminalize illegal trading that already exists in the Taiwan Strait.
Furthermore, Bill C-454 proposes to decriminalize the criminal provisions dealing with price discrimination and predatory pricing.
Also in Spain, the Catalan Parliament unanimously approved a resolution to decriminalize the use of medical marijuana.
There are three options available to alleviate this problem, keeping it a criminal offence, decriminalize it and legalize it.

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