deformalize

especially British, de·for·mal·ise

[dee-fawr-muh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

deformalized, deformalizing 

1. to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.

Other Word Forms

• deformalization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deformalize¹

First recorded in 1875–80; de- + formalize