'decolonise' definitions:
Definition of 'decolonise'
From: WordNet
verb
Grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's" [syn: decolonize, decolonise] [ant: colonise, colonize]
Definition of 'decolonise'
From: GCIDE
- decolonize \decolonize\ v. i. to release one's colonies and free them to become independednt nations; -- of nations. [Also spelled decolonise.] [PJC]
Definition of 'decolonise'
From: GCIDE
- decolonize \decolonize\ v. t. to grant independence to (a former colony). [Also spelled decolonise.] [WordNet 1.5]