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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a state of being confined (usually for a short time);
- Example: "his detention was politically motivated"
- Example: "the prisoner is on hold"
- Example: "he is in the custody of police"
[syn: detention, detainment, hold, custody]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Detainment \De*tain"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. detenement.]
   Detention. [R.] --Blackstone.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

detainment
    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]