noun : DIVESTITURE
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) 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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2. (
) the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division ;
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