divest

Verb

• 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
    

• 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
    

• deprive of status or authority
  • he was divested of his rights and his title
    
  • They disinvested themselves of their rights
    

• take away possessions from someone
  • The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  strip , undress , disinvest , deprive
• Antonyms: 
  invest , put , commit , place , vest , enthrone