divest

1. V-T If you divest yourself of something that you own or are responsible for, you get rid of it or stop being responsible for it. 抛弃[正式]

The company divested itself of its oil interests. 这家公司从石油生意中抽身。

2. V-T If something or someone is divested of a particular quality, they lose that quality or it is taken away from them. 从...中去除; 被剥夺(...的能力)[正式]

...in the 1960s, when sexual love had been divested of sin. ...在二十世纪60年代，性爱不再被当做犯罪的年代。

They have divested rituals of their original meaning. 这些仪式的原意已被他们丧尽。