DIVESTITURE

divestiture

(noun) the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division

divestiture

(noun) an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior; “the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

divestiture (countable and uncountable, plural divestitures)

The act of divesting, or something divested.

The process of stripping away a person's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate them into an organization.

Source: Wiktionary


Di*vest"i*ture, n.

Definition: The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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