An alternative or older form of divestiture; the act of divesting or something that is divested.
From 'divest' + the suffix '-ure' (forming nouns of action or state), from Old French and Latin roots. An older variant that has been largely replaced by 'divestiture.'
This older variant shows English in flux—'divesture' and 'divestiture' competed for supremacy, but 'divestiture' won because it sounded more official and corporate, a reminder that business language shapes which words survive.
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