Definition of Detainment

1. Noun. A state of being confined (usually for a short time). "He is in the custody of police"

Exact synonyms: Custody, Detention, Hold
Generic synonyms: Confinement
Derivative terms: Detain, Hold

Definition of Detainment

1. n. Detention.

Definition of Detainment

1. Noun. The condition of being detained; detention ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Detainment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Detainment

detailingly
detailings
detailless
detailly
details
detain
detainable
detainder
detainders
detained
detainee
detainees
detainer
detainers
detaining
detainment (current term)
detainments
detains
detangle
detangled
detangles
detangling
detartrate
detartrated
detartrates
detartrating
detartration

Literary usage of Detainment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"... arrest, or detainment, and so not a peril insured against; but if the blockading squadron keep him in port as an embargo does, or employs physical force ..."

2. Travels Through the Alps by James David Forbes (1900)
"... TO GRESSONEY BY THE COL OF MONT CERVIN detainment at Zermatt—Ascent to the pass of Mont ... detainment ..."

3. Biographia Borealis: Or, Lives of Distinguished Northerns by Hartley Coleridge (1833)
"I am easy under every thing but loss of time by detainment here in town, which hinders me from putting the last hand to my edition of Horace, and from doing ..."

4. The Worthies of Yorkshire and Lancashire: Being Lives of the Most by Hartley Coleridge (1836)
"I am easy under every thing but loss of time by detainment here in town, which hinders me from putting the last hand to my edition of Horace, and from doing ..."

5. Preliminary Economic Studies of the War by Division of Economics and History (1918)
"... seizure, or detainment, the Association shall not be bound to pay any claim in respect thereof until the expiration of 183 days from the date of loss, ..."

6. Effects of the War Upon Insurance: With Special Reference to the by William Franklin Gephart (1918)
"(7) (I) In the event of a loss by capture, seizure, or detainment, the Association shall not be bound to pay any claim in respect thereof until the ..."

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