disinvest

1. (transitive, also figurative) To reduce investment, or cease to invest.Examples: "“The institutions whose primary mission is teaching — the masters and community colleges and bachelors colleges, are slowly disinvesting in the teaching function,” Ms. Wellman said."; "If none of the first four response strategies is attractive or even feasible, the remaining alternative is to disinvest—that is, to withhold or withdraw resources from the business or to exit. This strategy involves shifting investments from a declining […]"Antonyms: investalsofigurativelytransitive