liberalize

relax (more common and general; often used with rules or restrictions) | loosen (less formal; suggests making controls less tight) | ease (emphasizes making restrictions less severe)

tighten (to make rules or controls stricter) | restrict (to limit freedom or reduce what is allowed) | regulate (to control by rules, often more formally)

liberalize laws |liberalize rules |liberalize regulations |liberalize policy |liberalize restrictions |liberalize visa rules |liberalize immigration laws |liberalize censorship

law |government |policy |society

deregulate (focuses specifically on removing government regulations) | open up (less formal; often used for markets becoming accessible) | free up (emphasizes removing limits on activity or movement)

protect (in trade, to shield domestic industries from foreign competition) | regulate (to impose or maintain official controls) | nationalize (to bring an industry under state ownership, often the opposite of market opening)

liberalize trade |liberalize the economy |liberalize markets |liberalize the banking sector |liberalize the energy market |liberalize imports |liberalize foreign investment |liberalize capital flows

economics |business |trade |markets |government

become more progressive (emphasizes support for reform or social change) | become more tolerant (emphasizes accepting differences) | open up (less formal; suggests becoming more accepting or less rigid)

harden (to become less flexible or less open to change) | conservatize (rare; to make more conservative in attitude) | radicalize (to make more extreme, not simply less liberal)

liberalize attitudes |liberalize views |liberalize society |liberalize public opinion |liberalize social norms |liberalize political culture

politics |society |attitudes |culture