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divestiture

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /dɪˈvɛstɪt͡ʃɚ/
  • General-American: /daɪ-/
  • General-American: /-tə-/
  • General-American: /-t͡ʃʊɹ/
  • General-American: /-tjʊɹ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɛstɪt͡ʃə/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V EH1 S T IH0 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D AY0 V EH1 S T IH0 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sale

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: court order

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.