sequestration

Noun

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

• a writ that authorizes the seizure of property

• 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

• the act of segregating or sequestering
  • sequestration of the jury
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  requisition , segregation
• Antonyms: 
  integration , integrating , desegregation