divests
Strips away holdings
Divests is the third-person singular of divest, meaning to strip away or rid of something.
A company divests assets by selling them off: The corporation divests its underperforming divisions.
One can divest oneself of responsibilities, illusions, or burdens.
In finance, divestment often signals strategic retreat or ethical repositioning: The university divests from fossil fuels.
Convert assets to currency
- offloadTransfer elsewhere to lighten
- unloadRemove contents from
- dumpWaste disposal site
- disposeArrange or settle
shed · spin off · auction · trade · cash out · monetize · deaccession · unbundle
liquidate
Convert assets to currency
dispose · shed · spin off · auction · trade · cash out · monetize · deaccession · unbundle · restructure
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
waive · yield · disclaim · abandon · handover · sacrifice · resign · abdicate · disown · withdraw
remove
Take something away
- depriveTo withhold or remove
- dispossessDeprive of property
- denudeStrip completely bare
bare · rid · clear · empty · despoil · dismantle · relieve · bereave · rob · plunder