Divest vs Prescind - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between divest and prescind

is that divest is (archaic) to undress, disrobe while prescind is to abstract (from); to dismiss from consideration.

(en verb)

(archaic) To undress, disrobe.

* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :

Having divested the child he kissed her gently and gave her a little pat to make her stand off.

To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) (of) something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).

You shall never divest me of my right to free speech.

When I wake up, I make a point to divest myself of all my prejudices, ready to start the day.

To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary

In 2011 the company divested an 81% majority stake in its Chinese subsidiary.

(en verb)

To abstract (from); to dismiss from consideration.

To pay exclusive attention to.

(rfv-sense) To cut off, detach or separate something

(rfv-sense) To think about multiple things individually

(rfv-sense) To stop thinking about something