(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ yourself of something that you own or are responsible for, you get rid of it or stop being responsible for it. (FORMAL)
The company ~ed itself of its oil interests.
= rid
VERB: V pron-refl of n
2.
If something or someone is ~ed of a particular quality, they lose that quality or it is taken away from them. (FORMAL)
...in the 1960s, when sexual love had been ~ed of sin...
They have ~ed rituals of their original meaning...
= strip
VERB: be V-ed of n, V n of n