figurative. To divest or dispossess (a person, oneself) of attributes, titles, rights, honours, offices, etc. Const. †out of, †from, of.

To deprive or despoil of some quality, distinction, etc.

transitive. To remove from a position of honour; to deprive of authority; to demote. Cf. degrade, v.

transitive. To strip (a person) of; to divest or deprive of.

To strip of what is an honour. Obsolete.