di·ves·ti·ture (d?-v?s?t?-ch?r, -cho?or?, d?-)n.1. An act of divesting.2. The sale, liquidation, or spinoff of a corporate division or subsidiary.[From Medieval Latin d?vest?tus, past participle of d?vest?re, to undress, variant of disvest?re : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin vest?re, to dress; see vestment.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.di?vest?i?ture (d??v?s t? t??r, -?t???r, da?-) n. 1. the act of divesting. 2. the state of being divested. 3. something, as property or investments, that has been divested. 4. the sale of business holdings by government order. [1595?1605; di-2 + (in) vestiture] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.