sequester

/səˈkwɛs.tə/ · noun

Meaning

Sequestration; separation
A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee.
A sequestrum.
To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
To separate in order to store.
To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.

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