(~s, liberalizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'liberalise'
When a country or government ~s, or ~s 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 ~ travel restrictions.
VERB: V, V n
liberalization
...the liberalization of divorce laws in the late 1960s.
= relaxation
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n