liberalize
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become liberal.
liberalizing
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present participleof liberalize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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With the exception of the liberalizing Alexander II, who reigned from 1855 to 1881, that gives the Romanovs too much credit, but the path was plausible enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The country is in the midst of an ambitious effort to transform its economy, diversifying beyond energy into AI and technology more broadly while liberalizing women’s rights.
From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026
Meanwhile, Poland’s parliament held a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the country’s restrictive law last month — although many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
Collor was a dashing, liberalizing politician who became Brazil's first democratically elected president in 1989 after a two-decade military dictatorship, but he resigned three years later after the lower house of Congress impeached him.
From Reuters ● May 31, 2023
These writers are a highly beneficent influence in Spain at the present time, spreading over it as they do a multitude of stimulating pictures and liberalizing ideas, cast into charming literary form.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
