Decolonize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  decolonize \decolonize\ v. t.
     to grant independence to (a former colony). [Also spelled
     {decolonise}.]
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  decolonize \decolonize\ v. i.
     to release one's colonies and free them to become
     independednt nations; -- of nations. [Also spelled
     {decolonise}.]
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decolonize
       v : grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was
           decolonized in the early 1960's" [syn: {decolonise}]
           [ant: {colonize}, {colonize}]