1. to withdraw or reduce investment from a company, industry, or region
Usage: business; economics
2. to sell off or dispose of investments or assets
Usage: finance

Examples

• The university decided to disinvest from fossil fuel companies.
• Many investors chose to disinvest from the troubled sector.
• The pension fund will disinvest its holdings in tobacco stocks.
• Environmental activists urged the institution to disinvest from oil companies.
• The company plans to disinvest from its overseas operations.
• Shareholders voted to disinvest from the underperforming division.