sequestering
Withdrawing from circulation
Sequestering is the act of isolating, setting apart, or removing from circulation.
A jury may be sequestered—kept away from outside influence during a trial.
Carbon sequestering captures and stores atmospheric carbon dioxide.
To sequester funds is to freeze or withhold them: The court ordered sequestering of the disputed assets.
The word suggests deliberate separation for a specific purpose.
Complete separation from others
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- cordonEncircling line restricting access
- confinementState of being restricted
separation · detention · restriction · outbreak · contagion · incubation · infectious · sanitary
Forcible taking or convulsion
- impoundingSeizing and holding legally
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- garnishmentCourt-ordered debt collection
- attachmentConnection or fondness
forfeiture · asset freeze · court-ordered · receivership · trustee · lien · injunction · restraining order
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- separationState of being apart
- cloisteringIsolating in seclusion
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
confinement · removal · segregation · detachment · solitude · hermitage · reclusiveness · enclosure
Careful weighing of choices
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- jurorsTrial decision makers
- verdictOfficial court decision
isolation · hotel · overnight · judge · evidence · tampering · media blackout · impartiality
Take into custody
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- sinkBasin with drain
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- emissionDischarged substance or act
atmospheric · greenhouse gas · climate · mitigation · reforestation · afforestation · soil · ocean
isolation
Complete separation from others
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- cordonEncircling line restricting access
confinement · separation · detention · restriction · outbreak · contagion · incubation · infectious · sanitary · disease control
seizure
Forcible taking or convulsion
- impoundingSeizing and holding legally
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- garnishmentCourt-ordered debt collection
attachment · forfeiture · asset freeze · court-ordered · receivership · trustee · lien · injunction · restraining order · bankruptcy
seclusion
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- separationState of being apart
- cloisteringIsolating in seclusion
retreat · confinement · removal · segregation · detachment · solitude · hermitage · reclusiveness · enclosure · partitioning
deliberation
Careful weighing of choices
verdict · isolation · hotel · overnight · judge · evidence · tampering · media blackout · impartiality · proceedings
capture
Take into custody
emission · atmospheric · greenhouse gas · climate · mitigation · reforestation · afforestation · soil · ocean · biochar
- chelationligand, coordination, metal ions, oxalate, citrate
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- reservingbooking, holding, scheduling, earmarking, setting aside
- business proceduresrecording, processing, documenting, approving, verifying
sequesteringreleasing
Allowing to escape
freeing · liberating · integrating · reintroducing · reuniting
sequesteringemitting
Sending something out
releasing · discharging · expelling · dispersing · venting
sequesteringreleasing
Allowing to escape
freeing · restoring · returning · liberating · emancipating
sequester, sequestered, sequestration, sequesters, sequestrations