Meaning & use

sequestered

adjective·Advanced

Kept isolated or hidden away from other people or influences.

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The jury was sequestered in a hotel for the duration of the trial.

She spent the summer sequestered in a cabin, writing her second novel.

A note on using this word

Sequestered often implies isolation for a specific, official, or protective reason, as with a sequestered jury.

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