1) Alleviation 2) Classical liberalism 3) Easement 4) Easing 5) Liberalisation 6) Relaxation 7) Relief 8) The act of making less strict 1) Liberalisation 
In general, liberalization (or liberalisation) refers to a relaxation of previous government restrictions, usually in such areas of social, political and economic policy. In some contexts this process or concept is often, but not always, referred to as deregulation. Liberalization of autocratic regimes may precede democratization (or not, as in th...
• (n.) The act of liberalizing.
1. The process of making policies less constraining of economic activity. 2. Reduction of tariffs and/or removal of nontariff barriers.
Lib`er·al·i·za'tion (- a l*ĭ*zā'shŭn) noun The act of liberalizing. 
[n] - the act of making less strict
liberalisation noun the act of making less strict
the act of making less strict