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Divestiture(finance)
divestiture(dictionary)

liberate (oh) and divestiture (iou)


liberate (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of liberare, from liber; LIBERTY]
to free someone from feelings or conditions that make their life unhappy or difficult
liberate sb from sth
::women's freedom to pursue Careers liberated from childcare
::the liberating power of Education
to free prisoners, a city, a country etc from someone's control
::A few days later, our armies liberated the city.
-- liberation /7lIbE5reIFEn/ n [U]
::liberation from oppression
::the liberation of Paris in August 1944
-- liberator /5lIbEreItE ?@ -Er/ n [C]

divestiture (iou)



divestiture noun. E17.
[from medieval Latin divestit- pa. ppl stem of divestire: DIVEST: see -URE. Cf. medieval Latin disvestitura.]
Deprivation of a possession or right; dispossession; alienation. E17.
The action of stripping off clothing or getting rid of something. E19.
The process of breaking up a large company by selling off or forcing the sale of subsidiaries; withdrawal of investment. US. M20.