sequester

Meaning of sequester

noun
  1. Sequestration; separation
  2. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee.
  3. A sequestrum.
verb
  1. To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
    The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
  2. To separate in order to store.
  3. To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
  4. To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
  5. To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
  6. To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
  7. To 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. To seize and hold enemy property.
  9. To withdraw; to retire.
  10. To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Information about sequester

  • The plural form of sequester is: sequesters.
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Hyphenation of sequester

se-quester

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • sequester is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

sequester synonyms

Meaning impound:

impound, attach, confiscate, seize

Meaning seclude:

seclude, sequestrate, withdraw

Meaning sequestrate:

sequestrate, isolate

Meaning :

segregate

Translation of sequester

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