divest

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).

   You shall never divest me of my right to free speech.

2. verb To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.

   In 2011, the company divested an 81% majority stake in its foreign subsidiary.

3. verb To undress.

Similar words

deprive dispossess strip abandon renounce oust relinquish forgo waive dispose

Often followed by

himself themselves the itself ourselves myself it them him herself

Word family

divested divesting divestment divestments divests