divestiture

divestiture (countable and uncountable, plural divestitures)

1. The act of divesting, or something divested.
   • 2009 January 31, “Procter & Gamble forced to slice view”, in Toronto Star‎:

     Organic sales, which exclude the impact of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign exchange, are now expected to rise 2 per cent to 5 per cent […] .

2. The process of stripping away a person's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate them into an organization. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
   • 2009 January 31, Stephen P. Robbins, Organisational behaviour in Southern Africa‎, Pearson South Africa, page 432:

     Divestiture socialisation tries to strip away certain characteristics of the recruit.