Definition of divestiture

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  • divestiture is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
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Definition of divestiture

  • 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 (noun)

    Examples

    1. the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly
  • the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division (noun)

See definition of divestiture in Merriam Webster