transcription, транскрипция: [ lɪbrəlaɪz ]
( liberalizes, liberalizing, liberalized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'liberalise'
When a country or government liberalizes , or liberalizes its laws or its attitudes, it becomes less strict and allows people more freedom in their actions.
...authoritarian states that have only now begun to liberalise.
...the decision to liberalize travel restrictions.
VERB : V , V n
• lib‧er‧ali‧za‧tion
...the liberalization of divorce laws in the late 1960s.
= relaxation
N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n