to divest
4
7.2
- verb
- /daɪˈvɛst/
- Formal
:
despojar de
- As such, under the Fourteenth Amendment, the states could not unlawfully divest any person of his or her possessions or estate.
That was unacceptable, and the movement divested itself of of Earl Browder.
- That was unacceptable, and the movement divested itself of of Earl Browder.
- So implicitly, the Indian tribes were divested of that authority.
- It, it is just, but people don't like it when they are divested of the things that they have.
- But this knowledge is divested of affect and does not move him to a felt emotional response to the suffering of his actions.
Examples
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By this time, however, commercially successful salsa had been divested of many, if not most, of its oppositional elements.
Academic text (1995) -
We think it aggravated inequality of conditions and divested the liberated class of every valuable social and political right.
Blog text (24) -
The County must make massive changes or divest itself of the park.
Academic text (1991) -
But how could you divest yourself of your reputation, your fame?
Fiction book (2001) -
You may disclaim it, but you cannot divest yourself of it.
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Also, a corporation should divest itself of the traditional attitudes and methods, particularly in organizations driven by manufacturing.
Academic text (1990) -
So implicitly, the Indian tribes were divested of that authority.
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An apartheid policy of dividing areas of the country occupied by black people into independent "homelands" divested Winterveld residents of South African citizenship.
Academic text (2005) -
The university decided to divest itself of all investments in fossil fuels to become more environmentally responsible.
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To improve its image, the corporation chose to divest from its controversial holdings in the tobacco industry.
Synonyms
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1.5
To move something or someone away from a place
795
2.3
To remove something from a place or reduce something important, for example a right
198
3.2
To take something important away from someone or stop them having it
159
3.5
To take money or things out of a place where they are kept
154
5.5
To take something away from someone because of the law or as a punishment
80
6.2
To remove someone from power, often suddenly or by force
69
2.6
To give up a right, claim, or ownership of something
61
6.4
To move a government business or service to private companies
48
5.1
Take away someone's possessions, rights, or honours
31
7.4
To remove a leader from office, often by force
19
6.2
Remove someone from a position of power, often in politics
15
5.1
Make someone lose all their money or possessions
4
8.8
To take property from its owner, usually by the government for public use
2
7.7
To give property or rights to someone else
1
8.0
To sell shares or assets to reduce putting money into something
To take away someone's right or claim to something
To stop investing money in a company for economic or ethical reasons
To officially give up power, rights, or a position
Antonyms
How Deprived
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Divest comes from Latin parts dis- 'away' and vestire 'to clothe', and it shares the same root as vest. Originally it meant to 'take off clothes', so by extension it came to mean 'take away someone's power, rights, or possessions'.