divestment

Noun

divestment (usually uncountable, plural divestments)

1. (usually) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
   • The fossil fuel divestment movement is calling on institutions to divest from the companies causing climate change.
   • The divestment movement against Big Carbon is gathering force. While it will never bankrupt the mega-corporations, it can reveal unethical practices while triggering a debate about values that recognizes that such practices are nested in economic systems that encourage, inhibit or even prohibit...2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in New York Times

   Synonyms:

   divestiture

   Antonyms:

   investment