Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Kept separate and secluded: Describes something or someone that has been intentionally isolated or set apart from others, often for privacy, protection, or specific purposes.
   • Providing privacy or seclusion: Describes a place that is quiet, private, and sheltered from view or public activity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The jury was sequestered for the duration of the high-profile trial to prevent outside influence.
  • They found a sequestered cottage in the woods, far from the noise of the city.
  • The garden had a sequestered corner, perfect for quiet reflection.

Advanced Usage

• Legal Context: In law, "sequestered" often refers to a jury that is isolated from the public to ensure impartiality.
  • The judge ordered a sequestered jury after concerns about media coverage.
• Formal/Literary Context: Used to describe a reclusive lifestyle or a hidden, peaceful place.
  • The poet lived a sequestered life in the mountains.

Variants and Related Words

• Sequester (verb): To isolate or hide away; to take legal possession of property until a debt is paid.
  • The court can sequester assets.
  • He sequestered himself in his study to write.
• Sequestering (noun): The action of sequestering.
• Sequestration (noun): The state of being sequestered; the legal process of seizing property.

Synonyms

• Secluded: Kept away from the view of or contact with others.
• Isolated: Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.
• Cloistered: Kept away from the outside world; sheltered.
• Reclusive: Avoiding the company of other people; solitary.

Antonyms

• Public: Open to or shared by all the people of an area or country.
• Accessible: Easy to approach, reach, or use.
• Exposed: Not sheltered or protected from view or the elements.

Related Phrases

• To live a sequestered life: To live in isolation or seclusion.
  • After retiring, she chose to live a sequestered life in the countryside.
• A sequestered spot: A hidden or private location.
  • They discovered a sequestered spot by the lake for their picnic.

Adjective

1. kept separate and secluded
   • a sequestered jury
2. providing privacy or seclusion
   • the cloistered academic world of books
   • sat close together in the sequestered pergola
   • sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree
   • a secluded romantic spot