English Explanatory Dictionary

sequestration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
  2. A budget cut resulting from a separation of funding mechanisms.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-sequestration.wav

Word forms

sequestration sequestrations

Etymology

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

Derived words

biosequestration carbon sequestration cryosequestration desequestration geosequestration immunosequestration leukosequestration nonsequestration resequestration
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