Detainment
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of detaining; detention.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Detention.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The condition of being
detained
;
detention
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noun.
a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
Word Usage
"Joking aside, the issue of torture and detainment is a serious one."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
confinement
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
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Synonym
Words with the same meaning
detention