defelonize
verbEtymology
From de- + felon + -ize, apparently on the model of decriminalize.
Definitions
To reduce the status of (a crime) such that it is no longer a felony.
- His solution, however, was not to reform sentencing laws or decriminalize or defelonize nonviolent crimes, […]
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