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divestiture

noun /dɪvɛstɪʧər/ 4 syllables 11 letters Scrabble 15 WWF 17
Definitions
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

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