detention
noun
[ dɪˈtɛnʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody.
• "the fifteen people arrested were still in police detention"
Similar:
custody,
imprisonment,
confinement,
incarceration,
internment,
captivity,
restraint,
arrest,
house arrest,
remand,
committal,
quarantine,
duress,
durance,
detainment,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘withholding of what is claimed or due’): from late Latin detentio(n- ), from Latin detinere ‘hold back’ (see detain).
