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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024se•ques•tra•tion (sē′kwes trā′shən, si kwes-),USA pronunciation n. - removal or separation;
banishment or exile. - a withdrawal into seclusion;
retirement. - Law
- the sequestering of property.
- confiscation or seizure.
- Chemistrythe combining of metallic ions with a suitable reagent into a stable, soluble complex in order to prevent the ions from combining with a substance with which they would otherwise have formed an insoluble precipitate, from causing interference in a particular reaction, or from acting as undesirable catalysts.
- Late Latin sequestrātiōn- (stem of sequestrātiō), equivalent. to sequestrāt(us) (past participle of sequestrāre to sequester) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sequestration /ˌsiːkwɛˈstreɪʃən/ n - the act of sequestering or state of being sequestered
- the sequestering of property
- the effective removal of ions from a solution by coordination with another type of ion or molecule to form complexes that do not have the same chemical behaviour as the original ions
se•ques•ter /sɪˈkwɛstɚ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to remove to a place of quiet:to sequester oneself in the library.
- to set apart; isolate:The judge sequestered the jury.
n. [countable] - an act or instance of sequestering.
- a cut in government spending applying to all persons, divisions, etc.
se•ques•tra•tion /ˌsikwɛsˈtreɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024se•ques•ter (si kwes′tər),USA pronunciation v.t. - to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement;
seclude. - to remove or separate.
- Lawto remove (property) temporarily from the possession of the owner;
seize and hold, as the property and income of a debtor, until legal claims are satisfied. - Law[Internat. Law.]to requisition, hold, and control (enemy property).
- Latin sequestrāre to put in hands of a trustee, derivative of sequester trustee, depositary
- Middle English sequestren 1350–1400
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged isolate.
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