sequestration

See also: séquestration

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sequestration (countable and uncountable, plural sequestrations)

1. The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
   • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter X, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 123:

     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; […]

   • 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 55”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:

     At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free.

Derived terms

• carbon sequestration
• desequestration

Translations

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

• Bulgarian: отделяне (bg) n (otdeljane), изолиране (bg) n (izolirane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假扣押 (zh) (jiǎ kòuyā)

• Finnish: eristäminen (fi)
• French: séquestration (fr) f
• Korean: 격리 (ko) (gyeongni)
• Polish: sekwestr m, areszt (pl) m, sekwestracja f
• Russian: секвестр (ru) m (sekvestr)

See also

• sequestration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sequestration in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)