Thesaurus: detain

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1. v. t. To keep back or from; to withhold.
2. v. t. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.
3. v. t. To hold or keep in custody.
4. n. Detention.
5. v. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
6. v. stop or halt
7. v. cause to be slowed down or delayed
8. 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. Detain not the wages of the hireling. Jer. Taylor. 2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. Judges xiii. 15. 3. To hold or keep in custody. Syn. -- To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder. Detention. [Obs.] Spenser.
9. Detention. [Obs.] Spenser.
10. v:100 v deprive of freedom; take into confinement v stop or halt v cause to be slowed down or delayed