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Definition of Detain
1. Verb. Deprive of freedom; take into confinement. "They want to detain the prisoners "
Specialized synonyms: Keep, Straiten, Gaol, Immure, Imprison, Incarcerate, Jail, Jug, Lag, Put Away, Put Behind Bars, Remand, Intern, Bind Over, Imprison, Cage, Cage In, Pin Down, Trap, Keep In
Derivative terms: Confinement, Detainee, Detention, Detention
Antonyms: Free
2. Verb. Stop or halt. ; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
3. Verb. Cause to be slowed down or delayed. "She delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
Generic synonyms: Decelerate, Retard, Slow, Slow Down, Slow Up
Specialized synonyms: Stonewall, Catch, Stall, Buy Time
Derivative terms: Delay, Holdup
Antonyms: Rush
Definition of Detain
1. v. t. To keep back or from; to withhold.
2. n. Detention.
Definition of Detain
1. Verb. Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To put under custody. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Detain
1. to hold in custody [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detain
Literary usage of Detain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"... for suspecting that another has committed a felony, or that he is about to
commit one, he may detain that person for the purpose of inves- tigation (c). ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"... “I shall detain you now no longer in the demonstration of what you should not
do, but straight conduct you os. hillside, ..."
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