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divestiture|dɪˈvɛstɪtjʊə(r), daɪ-|
Also 7 de-.
[f. mod.L. dīvestīt- ppl. stem of dīvestīre to divest: cf. investiture, and see -ure. Cf. F. dévestiture.]
The act of divesting.
1. Deprivation of a possession or right; dispossession; alienation: see divest 2, 4.
1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence A iij b, By the diuestiture of the accusers from their places. 1640Bp. Hall Episc. ii. xv, He is sent away without remedy with a devestiture from his pretended orders. 1794Mrs. Piozzi Synon. I. 146 Proud honour that shrinks from the idea of divestiture. 1883Ld. Craighill in Law Rep. 9 App. Cases 312/2 There was only a conditional divestiture of the truster.
2. Putting off of clothing; also fig.
1820Lamb Elia Ser. i. Christ's Hosp. 35 Years Ago, The effect of this divestiture. 1875Lightfoot Comm. Col. ii. 15 The ἀπέκδυσις..is a divestiture of the powers of evil, a liberation from the dominion of the flesh.
3. Econ. = divestment b. See divest v. 5. Also attrib. Chiefly U.S.
1961U.S. Rep. CCCLXVI. 342 The plan called for divestiture by du Pont of its 63,000,000 shares of General Motors stock. 1972Bankers Mag. (Boston, Mass.) Winter 31/1 It..has so many legal implications tied to each and every divestiture and forced sale. 1976Billings (Montana) Sunday Gaz. 20 June 1–f/3 Divestiture, as the breakup of the present oil industry structure is called, has thus become one of the hottest and most controversial issues in Washington. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Sept. He had to ask for an extension on the divestiture requirements of Carter's regime. 1982Times 21 July 15/7 A European Commission investigation..could have the drastic outcome of forcing divestiture. 1984Christian Science Monitor 2 Mar. 4/3 Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; and Philadelphia passed blanket divestiture bills. |