disinvest

Verbs

  • (v) deprive of status or authority
    • he was divested of his rights and his title
    • They disinvested themselves of their rights
    divest,
  • (v) 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 university to disinvest in South Africa
    divest,
  • (v) 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
    undress, divest, strip,

Synonyms

divest undress strip

Antonyms

enthrone vest invest commit put place

Words of close approximity

disinvestment