Detain

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Detention. [Obs.] Spenser.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Synonyms: withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder.