escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
omitted character; omitted letter
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
undressing; taking off one's clothes; stripping
removing one's hat; admiring (someone) greatly; taking one's hat off to
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing
hair loss; hair removal; epilation; depilation
setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business
wheel coming off; going off the shoulder (of a road); derailing
abandoning nuclear power generation
ex-nerd; one who has given up geeky or nerdy hobbies; one who has given up stereotypically geeky dress, mannerisms, etc.
transcendency; detachment
unworldliness; saintliness
withdrawal; secession; elimination; desorption
depolarization; depolarisation
(immunological) desensitization
debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy
oxygen absorber; oxygen scavenger; small packet placed in packaged food to absorb oxygen and prevent oxidation
desalination; desalinization; desalinisation; desalting
Argument for Leaving Asia; Datsu-A Ron; editorial written by Fukuzawa Yukichi in 1885 calling for Japan to align itself with the West rather than China and Korea
plastic reduction; reducing plastic waste
gaining recognition; rising above one's fellows
extrication from dependence on oil
decolonization; decolonisation
dezincification; dezincing
moving away from fossil fuels; phasing out fossil fuels; decarbonization; post-fossil fuels
degrowth (reducing global consumption and production to achieve a socially just and ecologically sustainable society)
moving away from mandating or recommending the use of face masks (i.e. in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic); stopping wearing face masks
de-dollarization; replacing the US dollar as an exchange currency