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  • 31Secludedness — Seclude Se*clude, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Secluding}.] [L. secludere, seclusum; pref. se aside + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate… …

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  • 32Secluding — Seclude Se*clude, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Secluding}.] [L. secludere, seclusum; pref. se aside + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate… …

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  • 33sequester — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. seclude, isolate, separate; cloister, shut up or away, immure, confine; confiscate, commandeer, expropriate. See seclusion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To set apart] Syn. separate, isolate, set off,… …

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  • 34isolate — isolate, segregate, seclude, insulate, sequester are comparable when they mean to separate from the usual or natural environment, but they are rarely interchangeable because their other and differentiating implications are often stressed. Isolate …

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  • 35confine — con·fine vt con·fined, con·fin·ing: to hold within a location; specif: imprison Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. confine …

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  • 36conceal — con·ceal vt 1: to prevent disclosure of or fail to disclose (as a provision in a contract) esp. in violation of a duty to disclose 2 a: to place out of sight ◇ A weapon need only be placed out of ordinary observation in order to be considered a… …

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  • 37retire — 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 …

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  • 38isolate — I verb banish, blacklist, confine, cut off, detach, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, dislocate, dissever, dissociate, disunite, enisle, exclude, excommunicate, exile, insulate, island, keep apart, keep from contact with others, keep in solitude,… …

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  • 39isolate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. segregate; insulate, separate, quarantine. See disjunction, exclusion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. confine, detach, seclude; see divide 1 , quarantine , separate 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …

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  • 40sequester — se·ques·ter 1 /si kwes tər/ vt tered, ter·ing [Anglo French sequestrer, from Middle French, from Latin sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, from sequester third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, from secus beside, otherwise]… …

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