liberalize

1. V-T/V-I 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. 放寬 (限制)

...authoritarian states that have only now begun to liberalize. …現(xiàn)在剛剛開始放寬限制的獨(dú)裁國家。

2. liberalizationN-UNCOUNT 放寬

...the liberalization of divorce laws in the late 1960s. …20世紀(jì)60年代后期對離婚法規(guī)的放寬。