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sequestration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
   • In possession of ample property, it was not from motives of retrenchment he had quitted the frequented scenes of life; sequestration during the first months of marriage had been his choice, equally as that of his partner;[…] 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter X, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 123:
   • At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free. 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 55”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
   • the sequestration of juries
2. (US, countable, metonymically, uncountable) A budget cut resulting from a separation of funding mechanisms.
   • The company took a revenue hit when sequestration dried up some of its best contracts.

Forms

Deriveds

immunosequestration · cryosequestration · nonsequestration · biosequestration · resequestration · carbon sequestration · geosequestration · leukosequestration · desequestration

Translations (17)

bg изолиране (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · pl sekwestr (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · cs sekvestrace (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · id sekuestrasi (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · ru секве́стр (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · cmn 假扣押 (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · fr séquestration (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · pl sekwestracja (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · cs oddělení (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · ms pensekuesteran (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · bg отделяне (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · id penyitaan (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · cs odloučení (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · fi eristäminen (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · el κατάσχεση (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · pl areszt (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating) · ko 격리 (the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating)