disgorged

Disgorged is the past participle and adjective of the verb disgorge. It describes something that has been expelled or discharged, whether from the mouth, a container, or a body cavity. The sense covers both natural vomiting and the deliberate release of contents.

The term derives from the French dégorgement, from Latin disgorgare, meaning to drive out from the throat.

In medicine and physiology, disgorged material can refer to vomit or regurgitated contents, or to the discharge of fluids from a body cavity. In winemaking, disgorgement (dégorgement) is the process of removing the lees from a bottle of sparkling wine after secondary fermentation; the sediment is typically expelled by freezing the neck and resealing the bottle.

In finance and law, to disgorge means to surrender profits or gains obtained illegally or improperly, often as a remedy in regulatory actions or settlements. The term emphasizes the reversal of ill-gotten advantage and the restoration of funds or benefits to their rightful owner or the public.