sequester oneself from the world

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• sequester — v.tr. 1 (esp. as sequestered adj.) seclude, isolate, set apart (sequester oneself from the world; a sequestered life; a sequestered cottage). 2 = SEQUESTRATE. 3 Chem. bind (a metal ion) so that it cannot react. Etymology: ME f. OF sequestrer or… …   Useful english dictionary

• sequester — verb 1) he sequestered himself from the world Syn: isolate oneself, hide away, shut oneself away, seclude oneself, cut oneself off, segregate oneself; closet oneself, cloister oneself, withdraw, retire 2) the government sequestered his property… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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• retire — re·tire vb re·tired, re·tir·ing vi: to withdraw from an action the jury retired for deliberations vt: to withdraw from circulation or from the market retire a loan retire stock Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

• seclusion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shutting away Nouns 1. seclusion, privacy; retirement; reclusion, recess; rustication, rus in urbe; solitude; solitariness, isolation; loneness, withdrawal, hermitism, ermitism, anchoritism, voluntary… …   English dictionary for students

• distrain — dis·train /di strān/ vb [Anglo French destreindre, literally, to constrict, force, from Old French, from Late Latin distringere to hinder, punish, from Latin, to pull in different directions, distract, from dis apart + stringere to draw tight] vt …   Law dictionary