decolonization

/diหหŒkษ’l.ษ™.naษชหˆzeษช.สƒษ™n/
noun
  1. 1

    The freeing of a colony etc from dependent status by granting it independence.

  2. 2

    The reverse of colonization, i.e. granting back autonomy to a group.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/decolonization