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English noun: divestiture

1. divestiture (communication) 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


SamplesThe court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly.


Broader (hypernym)court order


Domain categoryjurisprudence, law

2. divestiture (act) the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division


Broader (hypernym)sale









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