"divestiture" in the noun sense
1. 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
"the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly"
2. divestiture
the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
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