Divest Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-vĕst, dī-
To take or keep something away from
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deprive
  2. strip
  3. dispossess
  4. rob
Antonyms:
  1. possess
  2. invest
  3. take
  4. clothe
  5. cover
To deprive
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. strip
  2. disinvest
  3. dispossess
  4. take from
Antonyms:
  1. invest

Words Related to Divest

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Divest Sentence Examples

  • In considering the force of instinct in animals he was obliged to divest will of reason.

  • The question arises how an agreement between shareholders, outside the confines of a formal liquidation, can divest a company of its property?

  • As he resolved one force after another into lower and lower grades of will he was obliged to divest will of all consciousness.

  • We recommend that it also divest five smaller stores where adverse effects would result from the merger.

  • According to the Catholic theologian Gregory Baum, the Church must divest itself of religious triumphalism.

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