sequestered

Meaning of sequestered

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.

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

Meaning :

segregate

sequestered antonyms

Meaning :

unsequestered

Words that rhyme with sequestered

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