decolonizing in English

verb
1
(of a country) withdraw from (a colony), leaving it independent.
they must decolonize French Polynesia
verb
    decolonise

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1. To put that right, we have created the Decolonizing the Commentariat Contact List

2. Green Party MP Jenica Atwin told a parliamentary committee that an amendment to Canada’s United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) bill, otherwise known as Bill C-15, was a step towards “decolonizing Canada.”

3. “I am a MSW and MPA student at the University of Washington, when I walked into a recent “Decolonizing Your Activism” training, I was greeted by laughter coming from the kitchen, a hot pot of coffee, a table Brimming with potluck items, and warm welcome from volunteer greeters.