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detainment
[ dih-teyn-muhnt ]
noun
- the condition of being under restraint or in custody; imprisonment:
Participants also risk arrest and possible detainment in an already overflowing jail.
- the condition of being delayed or kept from proceeding:
We were finally allowed to cross the border after six hours of detainment.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of detainment1
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Example Sentences
While many are outraged at the detainment of Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts, not all are shocked.
Her detainment seems to have strengthened her determination.
See the latest updates, including the detainment of three U.S. students.
Given the detainment of journalists in Libya, will that deter other journalists from heading into dangerous zones?
She disputed news reports suggesting that Assange was living in fear of arrest or detainment by U.S. authorities.
He had been certain what the purpose of the detainment was, and who the inspector would be, yet he had not really been worried.
Judge Brentano evinced great displeasure when he read the return of the illegal detainment of the prisoner.
By 13th October the detainment of this new Army was in full progress west and south-west of Brussels.
What, in the wisdom of the Dheb Rhal, is the reason for my—er—detainment?
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