sequestration

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the act of segregating or sequestering
noun 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
noun a writ that authorizes the seizure of property

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

Gibson strongly advises taking a sequestration at all events. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott
But the honorable commissioners of sequestration had evidently never suspected this stairway. — The Reckoning, Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Which disease, in the main, I have observed--excuse me--to spring from a certain lowness, if not sourness, of spirits inseparable from sequestration. — The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, Herman Melville

segregation

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