sequestration

English Thesaurus

1. seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized (noun.act)

hypernym	:	appropriation,
definition	:	a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner (noun.act)

2. the act of segregating or sequestering (noun.act)

hypernym	:	separation,
definition	:	the social act of separating or parting company (noun.act)

3. a writ that authorizes the seizure of property (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	judicial writ, writ,
definition	:	(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer (noun.communication)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

4. 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.process)

hypernym	:	chemical action, chemical change, chemical process,
definition	:	(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved (noun.process)

5. seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized (noun.act)

derivation	:	attach, confiscate, impound, seize, sequester,
definition	:	take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority (verb.possession)

6. the act of segregating or sequestering (noun.act)

antonym	:	desegregation, integrating, integration,
definition	:	the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community (noun.act)

derivation	:	segregationist, segregator,
definition	:	someone who believes the races should be kept apart (noun.person)

derivation	:	segregate,
definition	:	separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others (verb.change)

derivation	:	seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw,
definition	:	keep away from others (verb.change)

derivation	:	segregate,
definition	:	divide from the main body or mass and collect (verb.contact)

7. 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.process)

derivation	:	sequester,
definition	:	undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion (verb.change)

8. seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized (noun.act)

derivation	:	attach, confiscate, impound, seize, sequester,
definition	:	take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority (verb.possession)

9. the act of segregating or sequestering (noun.act)

antonym	:	desegregation, integrating, integration,
definition	:	the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community (noun.act)

derivation	:	segregationist, segregator,
definition	:	someone who believes the races should be kept apart (noun.person)

derivation	:	segregate,
definition	:	separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others (verb.change)

derivation	:	seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw,
definition	:	keep away from others (verb.change)

derivation	:	segregate,
definition	:	divide from the main body or mass and collect (verb.contact)

10. 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.process)

derivation	:	sequester,
definition	:	undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion (verb.change)

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