Associations to the word «Detain»
Noun
- Palestinian
- Envoy
- Brig
- Gong
- Security
- Captive
- Trafficking
- Trial
- Violation
- Ransom
- Camp
- Alien
- Charge
- Protest
- Treason
- Despatch
- Emergency
- Iranian
- Mohamed
- Flinder
- Allegation
- Sentencing
- Vichy
- Jehovah
- Persons
- Ladyship
- Enforcement
- Journalist
- Dictatorship
- Donetsk
- Demonstration
- Separatist
- Defendant
- Whereabouts
- Serviceman
- Migrant
- Raid
- Islamist
- Tribunal
- Immigrant
- Dod
- Lebanese
- Tehran
- Beating
- Smuggler
- Criminal
- Apartheid
- Person
- Citizen
- Auschwitz
- Embargo
- Investigation
- Prosecution
- Enquiry
- Parole
- Schooner
- Nguyen
Adjective
Wiktionary
DETAIN, verb. Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
DETAIN, verb. (transitive) To put under custody.
DETAIN, verb. (transitive) To keep back or from; to withhold.
Dictionary definition
DETAIN, verb. Deprive of freedom; take into confinement.
DETAIN, verb. Stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!".
DETAIN, verb. Cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform".
Wise words
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.