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Detention
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
2. The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
3. Confinement; restraint; custody. The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of honorable detention at Henry's court. Hallam.