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English to English noun
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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 |  | Example: the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly
source: wordnet30
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the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division | | source: wordnet30
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The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc. | | source: webster1913
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