sequestered
Meaning of sequestered
verb
- To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
- 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.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.
- To seize and hold enemy property.
- To withdraw; to retire.
- To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
adjective
Having undergone sequestration.
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Hyphenation of sequestered
se-questered
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- sequestered is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
sequestered synonyms
Meaning cloistered:
cloistered, reclusive, secluded
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Words that rhyme with sequestered
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