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countable and uncountable, plural sequestrations
The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating. quotations examples
In possession of ample property, it was not from motives of retrenchment he had quitted the frequented scenes of life; sequestration during the first months of marriage had been his choice, equally as that of his partner; […]
1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter X, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 123
At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free.
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 55”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […]