1. Noun
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
2. Noun
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"
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