noun
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Meanings
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noun
law: the seizure, isolation, or placing in custody of property by legal authority
The decree ordered the sequestration of the emigrant's estate.
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noun
the act of segregating or sequestering
sequestration of the jury
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Synonyms
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noun
· the act of segregating or...
segregation
Word family
Derived forms
biosequestrationcryosequestrationdesequestrationgeosequestrationimmunosequestrationleukosequestrationnonsequestrationresequestration
Etymology
From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”).