Definition of SEQUESTER
1
a: to set apart : segregate
b: seclude, withdraw
2
a: to seize especially by a writ of sequestration
b: to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration
3
: to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex
Related to SEQUESTER
Synonyms
cut off, insulate, seclude, segregate, separate, isolate
Antonyms
desegregate, integrate, reintegrate
Related Words
quarantine; confine, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up), restrain, restrict; abstract, detach, disengage, remove; detain, hold, keep
Near Antonyms
assimilate, associate, connect, join, link, unite; discharge, free, liberate, loose, release
2 Thessalonians 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
Definition of SEQUESTER
1 a: to set apart : segregate b: seclude, withdraw
2 a: to seize especially by a writ of sequestration b: to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration
3 : to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex
As per an earlier post by a Freeper (whose name I can't recall), the MSM should refer to the current sequester as "the Obama sequester," as the infamously did to the so-called "Bush tax cuts."