[syn: liberalize, liberalise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Liberalize \Lib"er*al*ize\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*al*[imac]z), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Liberalized (-[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Liberalizing (-[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. lib['e]raliser.]
To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices; to
make less strict.
[1913 Webster]
To open and to liberalize the mind. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
liberalize
v 1: make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules [syn:
liberalize, liberalise]
2: become more liberal; "The laws liberalized after Prohibition"
[syn: liberalize, liberalise]