Antonyms of noun criminalization

1 sense of criminalization

Sense 1
criminalization, criminalisation -- (legislation that makes something illegal; "the criminalization of marijuana")
       Antonym of decriminalization (Sense 1)
      => decriminalization, decriminalisation -- (legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun criminalization

1 sense of criminalization

Sense 1
criminalization, criminalisation -- (legislation that makes something illegal; "the criminalization of marijuana")
       => legislation, legislating, lawmaking -- (the act of making or enacting laws)