Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
Mar. 01, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business, net of cash disposed (NOTE 3)		$ 897
Personal Care [Member] \| AIP [Member]
Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Purchase price	$ 920
Working capital	130
Proceeds from sale of business, net of cash disposed (NOTE 3)	$ 897

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- Definition

Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

This element represents the cash inflow during the period from the sale of a component of the entity.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
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