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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
afterthought, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bind, block, blockage, blocking, bureaucratic delay, captivity, check, clogging, close arrest, closing up, closure, confinement, constriction, cramp, custody, deceleration, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detainment, double take, drag, dragging, durance, durance vile, duress, ease-off, ease-up, fixation, flagging, foot-dragging, halt, hampering, hang-up, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, house arrest, immuration, immurement, impediment, imprisonment, incarceration, inhibition, interference, interim, internment, interruption, jailing, jam, lag, lagging, let, letdown, letup, logjam, minus acceleration, moratorium, nab, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, paperasserie, pause, pickup, pinch, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, repression, reprieve, resistance, respite, restraint, restriction, retardance, retardation, retardment, setback, slack-up, slackening, slow-up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowness, slowup, squeeze, stay, stay of execution, stop, stoppage, stranglehold, stricture, suppression, suspension, term of imprisonment, tie-up, time lag, wait
Dictionary Results for detention:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
detention
    n 1: a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his
         detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on
         hold"; "he is in the custody of police" [syn: detention,
         detainment, hold, custody]
    2: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after
       others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Detention \De*ten"tion\, n. [L. detentio: cf. F. d['e]tention.
   See Detain.]
   1. The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
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   2. The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay
      from necessity.
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   3. Confinement; restraint; custody.
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            The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of
            honorable detention at Henry's court. --Hallam.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DETENTION. The act of retaining a person or property, and preventing the 
removal of such person or property. 
     2. The detention may be occasioned by accidents, as, the detention of a 
ship by calms, or by ice; or it may, be hostile, as the detention of persons 
or ships in a foreign country, by order of the government. In general, the 
detention of a ship does not change the nature of the contract, and 
therefore, sailors will be entitled to their wages during the time of the 
detention. 1 Bell's Com. 517, 519, 5th ed.; Mackel. Man. Sec. 210. 
     3. A detention is legal when the party has a right to the property, and 
has come lawfully into possession. It is illegal when the taking was 
unlawful, as is the case of forcible entry and detainer, although the party 
may have a right of possession; but, in some, cases, the (retention may be 
lawful, although the taking may have been unlawful. 3 Penn. St. R. 20. When 
the taking was legal, the detention may be illegal; as, if one borrow a 
horse, to ride from A to B, and afterwards detain him from the owner, After 
demand, such detention is unlawful, and the owner may either retake his 
property, or have an action of replevin or detinue. 1 Chit. Pr. 135. In some 
cases, the detention becomes criminal although the taking was lawful, as in 
embezzlement. 



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