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divest

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of divest

1 to end the occupancy or possession of
  • unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house
Synonyms of divest

dispossess, expropriate, oust
Words Related to divest

deforce, evict

disfurnish, strip

bereave, deprive, disinherit

annex, appropriate, commandeer, impound, seize, take over, usurp
2 to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
  • the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant
Synonyms of divest

clear, disburden, disencumber, free, relieve, rid, unburden
Words Related to divest

discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

bail (out), deliver, redeem, rescue

disengage, disentangle, extricate
Near Antonyms of divest

bog (down), fetter, hamper, restrain, shackle, subject, weigh down, weight (down)
Antonyms of divest

burden, encumber, saddle
3 to take something away from
  • he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered
Synonyms of divest

abate, bereave, deprive, strip
Words Related to divest

denude

cheat, clean (out), defraud, shortchange

bankrupt, disfurnish, impoverish

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