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divestiture
/dɪˈvɛstɪtʃɚ/ · 11 letters · 8 distinct letters
- 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
- noun
the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division