sequester

To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

“The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.”

To separate in order to store.

“The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO2 emissions.”

To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.

chemistryTo prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound

legalTo 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.

USpoliticslegalTo remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.

“The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.”

international legalTo seize and hold enemy property.

To withdraw; to retire.

To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

“The cations were sequestered”

Keep away from others

“He sequestered himself in his study to write a book”

Sequestration; separation

legalA person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee

medicineA sequestrum.