disinvest
(verb)
verb
1. deprive of status or authority
- They disinvested themselves of their rights
Similar word(s): divest
Definition categories: social, discharge, free
2. reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
- There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa
Similar word(s): divest
Definition categories: possession, draw, withdraw
3. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
- He disinvested himself of his garments