detention
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(noun) a state of confinement (usually for a short time; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police") |
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Synonyms: custody, hold |
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Related Words: confinement |
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(noun) restraint of a person's liberty |
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Synonyms: confinement |
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Related Words: house arrest, imprisonment, internment, restraint |
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(noun) the act of delaying |
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Synonyms: delay, holdup |
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Related Words: break, cunctation, dalliance, dawdling, deferment, deferral, demurrage, disruption, filibuster, gap, inactivity, interruption, lag, lingering, postponement, procrastination, retardation, shillyshally, slowdown, tarriance, tarrying, trifling, wasting time |
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