sequester

Definitions

• 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.
• (chemistry) To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
• (legal) 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.
• (transitive) To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
• (international) To seize and hold enemy property.
• (intransitive) To withdraw; to retire.
• To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.