Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun divestiture

2 senses of divestiture

Sense 1
divestiture -- (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")
       => court order -- (a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something)

Sense 2
divestiture -- (the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division)
       => sale -- (a particular instance of selling; "he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed")