divestiture

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noun

1. 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 (Freq. 4)
- the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly
• Derivationally related forms:
divest
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
court order
2. the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
• Derivationally related forms:
divest
• Hypernyms:
sale