undressing; taking off one's clothes
escaping from prison; jailbreak
transcendency; detachment
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration
unworldliness; saintliness
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
omitted character; omitted letter
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 flying off its axle
abandoning nuclear power generation
deconstruction (as in the term coined by Jacques Derrida)
depolarization; depolarisation
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
ex-nerd; one who has given up geeky or nerdy hobbies; one who has given up stereotypically geeky dress, mannerisms, etc.
decolonization; decolonisation
dezincification; dezincing