sequestration

sequestration is a 13-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 24 · 4 senses

Definitions

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

   Synonyms: requisition

2. noun. the act of segregating or sequestering

   "sequestration of the jury"

   Synonyms: segregation

3. noun. a writ that authorizes the seizure of property
4. 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

Synonyms

requisition, segregation

Common word forms

sequestrations

Words from these letters

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