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Defenition of the word divest

    • Defenition of the word divest

      • take away all material possessions from someone
      • take away one's investment
      • deprive of status or authority
      • remove (someone''s or one''s own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
      • reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the univeristy to disinvest in South Africa"
      • take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
      • deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"
      • remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
      • reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
      • take away possessions from someone

    Synonyms for the word divest

      • deny
      • deprive
      • dispossess
      • dissociate from
      • part from
      • rid
      • rob
      • separate from
      • strip

    Similar words in the divest

      • divest
      • divested
      • divesting
      • divests

    Hyponyms for the word divest

      • bereave
      • clean
      • clean out
      • defrock
      • dethrone
      • disarm
      • dispossess
      • expropriate
      • orphan
      • unarm
      • unclothe
      • unfrock
      • unsex

    Hypernyms for the word divest

      • discharge
      • draw
      • draw off
      • free
      • remove
      • take
      • take away
      • take out
      • withdraw

    Antonyms for the word divest

      • commit
      • enthrone
      • invest
      • place
      • put
      • vest

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