n
A policy of reducing the amount of imprisoned people in a given population.
v
To release from sequestration
n
One who, or that which, disengages.
n
The act of distraining; distraint.
n
(law) A legal requirement in some jurisdictions that a threatened individual cannot harm another in self-defense when it is possible instead to retreat to a place of safety.
v
(transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
v
(transitive, military, euphemistic) To acquire from an enemy during wartime, used especially of cities, regions, and other population centers.
n
(chiefly British Columbia, Quebec) The eviction of all of a building's tenants on the grounds that a large-scale renovation is planned.
v
(figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
n
(law, UK, obsolete) One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer
v
Obsolete form of rescue. [To save from any violence, danger or evil.]
n
One who secedes, such as from a country or organization
n
(obsolete) retirement; retreat; secession
adj
Having undergone sequestration.
n
One who or that which sequesters.
n
The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
v
Obsolete form of sequester. [To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.]
adj
Obsolete form of sequestered. [Having undergone sequestration.]
v
(transitive) To redeem (goods previously pawned).
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