sequestered
adj.
separated, segregated; isolated, secluded; seized temporarily pending the outcome of a legal claim (Law)
sequester
v.
segregate, separate, set apart; seclude, withdraw; temporarily seize property until the settlement of a legal claim (Law); seize enemy property (International Law)
Sequestration
sequestered
Adjective
1. providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
(synonym) cloistered, reclusive, secluded
(similar) private
2. kept separate and secluded; "a sequestered jury"
(similar) segregated, unintegrated
sequester
Verb
1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
(hypernym) take
(verb-group) impound, attach, confiscate, seize
2. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
(synonym) impound, attach, confiscate, seize
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) garnishee, garnish
(derivation) sequestration, requisition
3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"
(hypernym) change
(derivation) sequestration
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
4. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
(synonym) seclude, sequestrate, withdraw
(hypernym) isolate, insulate
(verb-group) adjourn, withdraw, retire
(derivation) segregation, sequestration
5. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
(synonym) sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
(hypernym) separate, disunite, divide, part
Sequestered
(imp. & p. p.)
of Sequester
(a.)
Retired; secluded.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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sequestered
Synonyms and related words:
abstruse, alienated, anchoritic, anonymous, at rest, beclouded, blind, buried, calm, cloistered, close, closet, closeted, clouded, concealed, cool, covered, covert, detached, disarticulated, disconnected, disengaged, disjoined, disjoint, disjointed, disjunct, dislocated, dispersed, disunited, divided, divorced, domestic, dwindling, ebbing, eclipsed, eremitic, estranged, even-tenored, halcyon, hermetic, hermitic, hermitish, hid, hidden, hushed, impassive, in a cloud, in a fog, in eclipse, in purdah, in the wings, incognito, incommunicado, inmost, innermost, interior, intimate, inward, isolated, latent, moldering, mysterious, obfuscated, obscure, obscured, occult, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, personal, placid, private, privy, quiescent, quiet, recluse, recondite, removed, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, retired, scattered, secluded, secluse, seclusive, secret, segregated, separated, sequestrated, sheltered, shut in, shut off, shut up, smooth, stay-at-home, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, tranquil, unagitated, under an eclipse, under cover, under house arrest, under wraps, underground, undisturbed, unknown, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning, withdrawn, wrapped in clouds
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.