Liberalize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  liberalize
       v 1: make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules [syn: {liberalise}]
       2: become more liberal; "The laws liberalized after
          Prohibition" [syn: {liberalise}]