to depenalize, decriminalize
“China no despenalizó la homosexualidad hasta 1997, y no la retiró de su lista de enfermedades mentales hasta 2001.” — China didn't decriminalize homosexuality until 1997, and it did not remove it from its list of mental illnesses until 2001.
Related: despenalización, despenalizador
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old Spanish des- Spanish des- Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂ Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ)bor. Latin poenā Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin poenālisbor. Spanish penal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late