Social Responsibility Terms

verb to deprive or dispossess of something, especially property, authority, or title

• The company decided to divest its non-core assets to focus on its main business.
• She's planning to divest her old clothes and donate them to charity.
• I'm going to divest myself of this toxic relationship once and for all.
• He needed to divest himself of all distractions in order to fully concentrate on his work.

verb to inform on someone or reveal their wrongdoing

preposition used to indicate that someone has informed on someone else or revealed their wrongdoing

• I cannot tell on my coworker for making a mistake without concrete evidence.
• Don't worry, I won't tell on you for sneaking out of the party early.
• If you tell on me to the teacher, I'll never forgive you!
• Sometimes our conscience tells on us when we try to hide our mistakes.