Wolfenden Report
/ (ˈwʊlfəndən) /
noun
a study produced in 1957 by the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in Britain, which recommended that homosexual relations between consenting adults be legalized
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Word Origin for Wolfenden Report
C20: named after Baron John Frederick Wolfenden (1906–85), who chaired the Committee
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