Decriminalization

Rarity: Uncommon

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Notion

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

Decriminalization or decriminalisation is the legislative process which removes prosecutions against an action so that the action remains illegal but has no criminal penalties or at most some civil fine.

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