sequestered
adjective
[ sɪˈkwɛstəd ]
• (of a place) isolated and hidden away.
• "a wild sequestered spot"
Similar:
secluded,
cloistered,
hidden away,
concealed,
tucked away,
hard to find,
isolated,
out of the way,
off the beaten track,
remote,
cut off,
unfrequented,
lonely,
quiet,
private,
secret,
retired,
sequester
verb
• isolate or hide away.
• "she is sequestered in deepest Dorset"
Similar:
isolate oneself,
hide oneself away,
shut oneself away,
seclude oneself,
cut/shut oneself off,
set oneself apart,
segregate oneself,
closet oneself,
withdraw oneself,
remove oneself,
retire,
• another term for sequestrate.
• "their property was sequestered by Parliament"
Similar:
confiscate,
seize,
sequestrate,
take possession of,
take,
appropriate,
expropriate,
impound,
commandeer,
arrogate,
distrain,
attach,
disseize,
poind,
• form a chelate or other stable compound with (an ion, atom, or molecule) so that it is no longer available for reactions.
• "non-precipitating water softeners use complex phosphates to sequester calcium and magnesium ions"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French sequestrer or late Latin sequestrare ‘commit for safekeeping’, from Latin sequester ‘trustee’.
