divestmentn.
/dʌɪˈvɛs(t)m(ə)nt/, /dᵻˈvɛs(t)m(ə)nt/, U.S. /daɪˈvɛstmənt/, /dəˈvɛstmənt/ 1. The action of divesting or state of being divested; divestiture.
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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > dispossessing
disseising1475
amotionc1503
dispossession1576
disseisure1579
disseisin1586
dispossessment1599
divestiture1601
devestment1647
devesture1648
divesting1712
divestment1756
disinvestiture1846
expropriation1848
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun]
stripping1398
unclothing1572
doffing1606
divesture1631
undressing1677
disrobement1747
disrobing1813
divestiture1820
peeling1832
divestment1854
1647 M. Hudson Divine Right Govt. Introd. sig. B4v By the Generall devestment of the creature of all its native graces and blessings.]
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 407 Their Devestment of all Political Power.
1756 S. Richardson Corr. (1804) II. 92.
a1831 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 99 The Apostle..would that we have poverty amidst our riches, and divestment in the midst of our possessions.
1854 M. J. Routh in J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men (1888) I. 101 To effect the divestment of a body thus bound.
2. Originally U.S. The action or process of selling off subsidiary business interests or withdrawing from investments (in later use esp. those which are judged not to meet required ethical standards or criteria relating to environmental sustainability). Cf. disinvestment n. and divestiture n. 3.ⓘ [Probably influenced by association with investment n. and disinvestment n. Compare divest v. 5.]
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > investment > withdrawing investment
disinvestment1938
divestment1955
divestiture1961
1955 Control & Regulation Bank Holding Companies: Hearings before Comm. Banking & Currency H.R. 2674 (U.S. House of Representatives 48th Congr., 1st Sess.) 509 I recommended the divestment of this whole thing [sc. Bank of America stock].
1978 Business Week 3 July 7 Students demand ‘divestment’ by American business interests.
1986 Marketing 11 Sept. 12/3 The trend towards conglomeration will be followed by one towards divestment.
2021 Financial Times 20 Mar. 6 Those with vested interests in the fossil fuel industry fear the power of the divestment movement.
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