sequestration.
The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
Meaning & usage
The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
the sequestration of juries
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French sequestration, from Late Latin sequestrātiō, from Latin sequestrō (“sequester”).
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