What does sequestration mean?

Definitions for sequestration
ˌsi kwɛsˈtreɪ ʃən, sɪ kwɛs-se·ques·tra·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. segregation, sequestrationnoun

    the act of segregating or sequestering

    "sequestration of the jury"

  2. sequestrationnoun

    the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions

  3. sequestrationnoun

    a writ that authorizes the seizure of property

  4. sequestration, requisitionnoun

    seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

Wiktionary

  1. sequestrationnoun

    The process or act of sequestering.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sequestrationnoun

    Etymology: sequestration, Fr. from sequestrate.

    His addiction was to courses vain;
    I never noted in him any study,
    Any retirement, any sequestration
    From open haunts and popularity. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

    There must be leisure, retirement, solitude, and a sequestration of a man’s self from the noise and toils of the world; for truth scorns to be seen by eyes too much fixt upon inferior objects. Robert South, Sermons.

    The metals remain unsevered, the fire only dividing the body into smaller particles, hindering rest and continuity, without any sequestration of elementary principles. Boyle.

    Since Henry Monmouth first began to reign,
    Before whose glory I was great in arms,
    This loathsome sequestration have I had. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

    If there be a single spot in the glebe more barren, the rector or vicar may be obliged, by the caprice or pique of the bishop, to build upon it, under pain of sequestration. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. sequestration

    Sequestration refers to the act of isolating, confiscating or removing something. It can be used in different contexts: 1. In legal terms, it refers to the confiscation or taking into custody of assets, properties, or documents by a court order. 2. In environmental science, it refers to the long-term storage of carbon or other pollutants to mitigate global warming and avoid damaging the earth's atmosphere. 3. In politics, particularly in U.S. politics, sequestration refers to automatic spending cuts that occur through the withdrawal of funding for certain (usually government) programs. 4. In biology or chemistry, it refers to the isolation or binding of a substance within an organism, without producing a chemical reaction.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sequestration in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sequestration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sequestration in a Sentence

  1. John McCain:

    The United States can not default on our obligations and this bill prevents that from happening, the deal is not perfect. It is not what I would have written and I have great concerns about the cuts to our nation’s defense spending that may have to occur as a result of this bill’s passage. We must do everything we can to avoid an exercise in blind sequestration of defense funds that could come into play if the joint committee can not find a way to further avoid cuts of $ 1.2 trillion.

  2. Senate Armed Services Committee:

    If it happened it could cause a lot of heartburn, the purpose of the sequestration threat is not to have the trigger pulled. It’s a motivator.

  3. Nancy Pelosi:

    The debt ceiling and the stock market were always two major motivators for Donald Trump to try and clear the way, we avoided sequestration and for the moment avoided a shutdown. For federal workers, that was very important.

  4. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

    Sequestration is a sudden and arbitrary cut in the defense budget that we can't predict.

  5. James Clapper:

    Our most important resource is our people, the compromises, decisions we've made, and then the budget reductions occasioned by sequestration or sequestration-like reductions is – the cumulative effect of all this is what I worry about and the reduction in our capacity. It's not as great as it was, say, a year or two ago. And if we continue, you know, these cuts, it will continue to have a negative impact.

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