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Sequestered

verb
Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.verbTo separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
"The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order."
2.verbTo separate in order to store.
3.verbTo set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
4.verbTo prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
5.verbTo temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
6.verbTo cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
7.verbTo remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
"The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013."
8.verbTo seize and hold enemy property.
9.verbTo withdraw; to retire.
10.verbTo renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
11.adjectiveHaving undergone sequestration.

Synonyms

segregatesegregatedreclusivesecludedprivateunintegratedcloisteredretentionsetabductedblockedkidnapped

Antonyms

unsequestered

Rhymes With

pesteredfesteredbest heardceleste heardprotest heardrest heard
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