liberalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules
    liberalise.
  2. verb become more liberal
    liberalise.
    • The laws liberalized after Prohibition

WordNet

Lib"er*al*ize intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. libéraliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Liberalized ; present participle & verbal noun Liberalizing
Definitions
  1. To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices.
    To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.

Webster 1913