Associations to the word «Decolonize»

Wiktionary

DECOLONIZE, verb. To release from the status of colony
DECOLONIZE, verb. To allow a colony to become independent

Dictionary definition

DECOLONIZE, verb. Grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats