Sequester

Quick meaning: Sequester is a verb meaning To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

Meaning

To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

More Meanings

1. To separate in order to store.
2. To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
3. (chemistry) To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.
4. (law) To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
5. To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
6. (transitive, US, politics, law) To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
7. (international law) To seize and hold enemy property.

Example Sentences

when men most sequester themselves from action

I had wholly sequestered my thoughts from civil affairs.

The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.

to sequester out of the world into Atlantic and Utopian politics

Word Forms

• sequesters
• sequestering
• sequestered

Synonyms for sequester

Depending on context, synonyms include segregate, allocate, appropriate, shelve, assign, dedicate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include isolate, seclude, withdraw, confiscate, impound, seize.

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