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Definitions for Detained
[1] to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
[2] to keep under restraint or in custody.
[3] Obsolete . to keep back or withhold, as from a person.
[4] to delay; hold back; stop
[5] to confine or hold in custody; restrain
[6] archaic to retain or withhold
Words related to Detained
detainapprehend, delay, confine, jail, decelerate, hinder, retard, nab, pinch, inhibit, bust, withhold, intern, restrain, ice, mire, impede, constrain, check, reserve
Words nearby Detained
detaindetail, detail drawing, detailed, detailer, detailing, detain, detainee, detainer, detect, detection, detective
Origin of Detained
1480–90; detainen < Anglo-French, Old French detenir < Vulgar Latin *dētenīre, for Latin dētinēre, equivalent to dē- de- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold
Other words from Detained
de·tain·a·ble , adjective
de·tain·ment , noun
pre·de·tain , verb (used with object)
un·de·tain·a·ble , adjective
un·de·tained , adjective
Word origin for Detained
C15: from Old French detenir, from Latin dētinēre to hold off, keep back, from de- + tenēre to hold
Synonyms for Detained
apprehend, confine, delay, jail, bust, buttonhole, check, constrain, decelerate, hinder, ice, impede, inhibit, intern, mire, nab, pinch, reserve, restrain, retard, withhold, bog down, hang up, hold up, pick up, pull in, put away, run in, send up, set back, slow down, slow up