Meaning & use
Disgorging
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Forcefully expelling or discharging contents, especially something previously swallowed or accumulated.
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The pipe was disgorging thick black smoke into the sky.
The court ordered the executives to begin disgorging their illegal profits.
A note on using this word
Used literally of vomiting or spewing contents, and figuratively in law and finance to mean surrendering ill-gotten gains.
Words with a similar meaning
expellingdischarging
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Words with an opposite meaning
absorbing
Another way to use it
2. verb
Surrendering profits or gains that were obtained illegally or unethically (a legal or financial usage).
The company ended up disgorging millions of dollars in profits as part of the settlement.
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