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