sequester

Plural: sequesters

Verb

• requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
  • "the estate was sequestered"
• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
• undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
  • "The cations were sequestered"
• keep away from others
  • "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
• set apart from others
  • "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
• To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
• To separate in order to store.
• To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
• To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.
• To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
• To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
• To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
• To seize and hold enemy property.
• To withdraw; to retire.
• To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Noun

• sequestration; separation
• A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee
• A sequestrum.

Examples

• The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.
• The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO₂ emissions.
• The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.

Synonyms

attach, confiscate, impound, isolate, keep apart, seclude, seize, sequestrate, set apart, withdraw, allocate, appropriate, assign, dedicate, designate, detach, earmark, preselect, put aside, secern, secernate, segregate, separate, sepose, sequester, set aside

Related Words

segue, sequacious, sequel, sequence