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sequestration

sequestration noun: the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.

Noun

sequestration (countable and uncountable, plural sequestrations)

  1. The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
    • the sequestration of juries
    • 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
  2. (US, metonymically) 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.

sequestration meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malay and Indonesian

sequestration in Tamil

ஒதுக்கம் தனிப்படுத்திச் சேமித்தல், தேக்கம், பறிமுதல்

sequestration in Bengali

পৃথকীকরণ, বাজেয়াপ্তকরণ

sequestration in Malay

the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating
pensekuesteran

sequestration in Indonesian

the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating
sekuestrasi, penyitaan

Forms of sequestration

pluralsequestrations

Origin of sequestration

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

Words formed from sequestration

Questions about sequestration

What does sequestration mean?
Sequestration means the process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
What is sequestration in Tamil?
Sequestration in Tamil is ஒதுக்கம் தனிப்படுத்திச் சேமித்தல், தேக்கம், பறிமுதல். See Sequestration meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sequestration?
Sequestration is a noun.
What is the plural of sequestration?
The plural of sequestration is sequestrations.

Words near sequestration in the dictionary

  1. sequestrants
  2. sequestrate
  3. sequestrated
  4. sequestrates
  5. sequestrating
  6. sequestration
  7. sequestrational
  8. sequestrations
  9. sequestrator
  10. sequestrators
  11. sequestre

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sequestration (page history and authors); sequestration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sequestration (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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