noun

1. Sequestration; separation

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

3. A sequestrum.

verb

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

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

2. To separate in order to store.

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

Synonyms: segregate