Definition of detain

noun (n)

• Detention. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• deprive of freedom; take into confinement (verb.social)

  Synonym: confine
  Antonym: free, liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen
  

  source: wordnet30
• stop or halt (verb.change)

  Synonym: delay, stay
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to be slowed down or delayed (verb.change)

  Synonym: delay, hold up
  Antonym: hurry, rush
  

  source: wordnet30
• To keep back or from; to withhold. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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