Aspheterize

/æsˈfɛtəˌraɪz/ verb

To make something not forbidden or to render it permissible by removing restrictions.

From Greek 'a-' (not) + 'aphetos' (forbidden, released), with the Latin suffix '-ize' meaning to make or cause to be. The word evolved from theological and philosophical contexts where something prohibited could be made allowable.

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