Synonyms for disinvest
ˌdɪs ɪnˈvɛstdis·in·vest

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1. divest, disinvestverb

   deprive of status or authority

   "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"

   Synonyms:
   undress, divest, strip, deprive

2. divest, disinvestverb

   reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)

   "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"

   Synonyms:
   undress, divest, strip, deprive

3. strip, undress, divest, disinvestverb

   remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

   "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"

   Synonyms:
   strip down, clean, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, dismantle, deprive, disrobe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, despoil, strip, ransack, loot, discase, peel, plunder, bare, denudate

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How to use disinvest in a sentence?

1. Paul Grimwood:

   We’ve seen a number of people disinvest in quality in frozen because they’re trying to get their prices lower, that’s not the way to go.

2. Stephen Givens:

   A stock buyback gives shareholders a choice to sell out or stay invested, whereas a dividend forces all shareholders not only to disinvest but to pay tax at higher rates on the cash dividend than they would pay if they sold their stock back to the company.