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The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody
A state of being prevented from proceeding
The action of capturing or of being captured
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated or separated
Lack of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive
An official accusation for a criminal offense, or the process by which it is brought to a jury
The quality or fact of being late
A limitation or restriction
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Noun
▲
The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody
imprisonment
incarceration
custody
restraint
confinement
detainment
arrest
internment
quarantine
captivity
detainer
hold
immurement
remand
committal
durance
duress
porridge
apprehension
arrestation
bust
hindrance
house arrest
impediment
nab
pen
pickup
pinch
retention
withholding
holding back
holding pen
keeping in
locking up
time up the river
impoundment
prison
bondage
constraint
thraldom
gaol
UK
jail
US
thrall
fetters
bonds
thralldom
time
isolation
chokey
immuration
gaoling
UK
penal servitude
hard labour
jailing
US
solitary confinement
bird
holding
trammels
sentence
jaildom
term
chains
shackles
solitary
holding cell
lockdown
the hole
restraints
servitude
enslavement
subjugation
vassalage
subjection
serfdom
slavery
enthrallment
capture
entombment
limbo
seizure
appropriation
collar
arrestment
bag
nick
grab
hook
snare
nail
restraining
sequestering
pick up
pull in
run in
taking into custody
preventive custody
protective custody
yoke
servility
work
feudalism
indenture
serfhood
peonage
helotry
bullwork
drudgery
drudge
labor
US
labour
UK
toil
grind
chains constraint
menial labor
villeinage
moil
servileness
serfage
enthralment
suppression
oppression
repression
peculiar institution
human trafficking
more ❯
“She has in my view made up a story of arrest and
detention
between May and September 1999.”
Noun
▲
A state of being prevented from proceeding
delay
holdup
wait
holdback
detainment
holding pattern
stoppage
interval
suspension
check
stay
postponement
downtime
hold-up
pause
break
halt
stop
interlude
intermission
stall
lag
hindrance
setback
lull
interruption
obstruction
gap
retardment
logjam
snag
retardation
jam
surcease
hold
filibuster
prorogation
holding
problem
showstopper
tie-up
moratorium
discontinuation
period of waiting
cooling-off period
time lag
time wasted
demurrage
stack-up
limbo
lapse
cessation
respite
recess
hiatus
rest
interim
waiting path
entr'acte
bottleneck
difficulty
snafu
glitch
hitch
trouble
gridlock
slowdown
deceleration
braking
downshift
letup
impediment
traffic jam
hangup
bind
obstacle
impedance
cunctation
demurral
loitering
procrastination
lingering
reprieve
adjournment
dawdling
remission
tarrying
putting off
blockage
block
retard
trammel
waiting period
breathing space
breather
lacuna
spell
interregnum
stopover
pausation
layoff
discontinuity
interstice
time out
latency
discontinuance
deadlock
end
hesitation
standstill
let-up
caesura
stand
freeze
hiccup
parenthesis
hiccough
layover
time-out
ado
slowness
episode
intervening period
intervening time
passage
course
meanwhile
intermezzo
idyll
meantime
smoko
period
term
passing
span
stop-off
sojourn
visit
lagging
time gap
time warp
space
pause in the action
finish
ending
stalemate
break in your journey
go-slow
slowing down
slow-up
impasse
closing
standoff
breath
checkmate
halting
beat
ceasing
stonewalling
hush
silence
lapse of time
stillness
cutoff
abeyance
break-off
comma
hole
delaying
arrest
break off
happy hour
rest period
awkward moment
breathing spell
coffee break
desisting
remaining
stopping
terminating
deterring
blocking
inaction
opposition
interference
delaying tactics
full stop
dead end
kicking the can down the road
dead stop
Mexican standoff
communication breakdown
ten
five
half-time
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of capturing or of being captured
capture
arrest
imprisonment
apprehension
seizure
incarceration
internment
bust
catching
trapping
abduction
catch
ensnaring
taking
acquirement
acquisition
appropriating
appropriation
confiscation
nab
snatching
bag
collar
commandeering
securing
seizing
being imprisoned
being nabbed
being trapped
knock off
being collared
being lifted
pick up
being pinched
being taken captive
being taken into custody
being taken prisoner
forceful holding
pinch
arrestment
pickup
collaring
cop
nabbing
nailing
pinching
nick
busting
booking
Noun
▲
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated or separated
quarantine
isolation
confinement
cordon sanitaire
segregation
solitary confinement
lazaretto
seclusion
separation
sequestration
solitude
detachment
separateness
privacy
aloneness
solitariness
retirement
withdrawal
insulation
reclusiveness
secludedness
privateness
reclusion
remoteness
desolation
retreat
concealment
hiding
seclusiveness
loneliness
shelter
beleaguerment
peace and quiet
lonesomeness
aloofness
disconnection
loneness
closeting
blockade
keeping apart
setting apart
silence
peace
protection
partitioning
purdah
singleness
exclusion
emptiness
waste
wilderness
wasteland
desert
obscurity
isolating
alienation
secrecy
apartheid
peacefulness
quietness
division
discrimination
partition
dissociation
ghettoization
disunion
quiet
sorting out
freedom from interference
an ivory tower
splitting up
lack of disturbance
lack of interruption
exile
insularity
shielding
monkhood
self-sufficiency
inaccessibility
unreachability
unapproachability
distance
friendlessness
restriction
desertedness
sanctuary
confidentiality
separatism
clandestineness
penetralia
space
discretion
time alone
one's space
lack of friends
lack of companions
lack of company
divorce
distancing
severance
break
distinction
split
disengagement
uncoupling
academe
sundering
disseverment
disjunction
out-of-body experience
academic world
ivory tower
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Noun
▲
Lack of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive
imperviousness
impermeability
invulnerability
resistance
solidity
watertightness
battle
blocking
check
combat
contention
counteraction
cover
defiance
fight
friction
hindrance
holding
immunity
impedance
impediment
intransigence
obstruction
protection
rebuff
refusal
retardation
safeguard
screen
shield
stand
struggle
support
unsusceptibility
watch
halting
impeding
insusceptibility
parrying
protecting
striking back
warding off
withstanding
opposition
renitency
renitence
fighting
conflict
confrontation
challenge
Noun
▲
An official accusation for a criminal offense, or the process by which it is brought to a jury
indictment
charge
allegation
accusation
arraignment
impeachment
summons
prosecution
citation
complaint
count
imputation
rap
beef
bill
blame
censure
comment
condemnation
criticism
denunciation
findings
incrimination
inculpation
plaint
presentment
statement
warrant
writ
attribution
claim
bill of indictment
gripe
assertion
suit
insinuation
recrimination
slur
crimination
denouncement
lawsuit
squawk
roar
rumble
blast
stink
dido
exposé
finger-pointing
bum rap
implication
justifiable charge
trial
action
plea
true bill
legal process
legal action
asseveration
fault
innuendo
aspersion
slander
suggestion
reproach
ascription
smear
calumny
defamation
libel
misrepresentation
hint
allusion
libellous statement
blot on the escutcheon
slanderous statement
intimation
reference
indication
inference
undertone
overtone
whisper
veiled remark
more ❯
Noun
▲
The quality or fact of being late
tardiness
belatedness
lateness
unpunctuality
delay
delinquency
dilatoriness
procrastination
retardation
slowness
postponement
prolongation
protraction
deferment
backwardness
late date
advanced hour
idiocy
abnormality
mental deficiency
mental retardation
Noun
▲
A limitation or restriction
constraint
curb
limitation
restriction
check
restraint
damper
rein
control
hindrance
circumscription
condition
curtailment
fetter
stricture
deterrent
hampering
handicap
impediment
obstruction
arrest
captivity
confinement
constrainment
constriction
cramp
limit
obstacle
barrier
inhibition
trammel
bar
bridle
brake
encumbrance
stop
hurdle
straitjacket
shackles
chain
discouragement
block
ceiling
crimp
drag
manacle
interference
holdback
balk
US
embarrassment
let
clog
stumbling block
baulk
UK
clampdown
maximum
restrainer
drawback
cap
threshold
disincentive
suppression
stint
demarcation
dissuasion
hazard
determent
retardant
embargo
boundary
disadvantage
stoppage
cutoff point
setback
prevention
hold
snag
harness
curbing
rebuff
binding
deterrence
fetters
bound
bounds
prohibition
repression
shackle
wet blanket
hangup
upper limit
ball and chain
bond
bonds
maximum value
suppressant
crackdown
commitment
obligation
bondage
intimidation
buttress
opposition
injunction
circumspection
qualification
catch
break
reverse
reversal
blow
chill
bind
inconvenience
safeguard
cloud
depressant
nuisance
deterring factor
put down
damp
hamper
holdup
whammy
gloom
pall
tie
cinchers
anchor
binders
defensive measures
defence
UK
defense
US
leash
preventative
preventive
checking
bridling
retardation
cumber
caution
warning
depression
retarding device
frustration
blocking
shackling
baulking
UK
cramping
fettering
holding back
stifling
smothering
saddle
debt
duty
guilt
cross
stopping
hitch
halting
thwarting
quashing
foiling
regulation
interdict
thorn in one's side
monkey on back
cold water
extent
containment
border
perimeter
balking
US
blockage
sublimation
margin
confine
curfew
line
ban
putting an end to
putting an stop to
nipping in the bud
tops
weight
order
reduction
cut-off point
line of demarcation
difficulty
burden
millstone
detriment
albatross
baggage
shortcoming
load
psychological baggage
millstone round someone's neck
impedance
complication
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
delay
monkey wrench in the works
hiccup
facer
problem
interruption
lock
gridlock
barricade
catch-22
monkey wrench
road block
wall
sticking point
protection
security
inhibitor
precaution
glitch
excess baggage
squelching
shutdown
cumbrance
joker
issue
bottleneck
remedy
defect
weakness
end
retardment
hang-up
rub
jam-up
precautionary measure
preventive measure
protective measure
millstone around your neck
jam
clogging
trammels
slowing
handicapping
deadweight
small difficulty
immobilization
US
immobilisation
UK
proscription
trouble
pitfall
congestion
halt
interception
palladium
moratorium
veto
boycott
occlusion
weary load
blockade
hardship
hold-up
shield
interdiction
railing
traverse
fence
stumbling stone
bump
uphill
termination
pale
circumvention
stamping out
roadblock
disablement
impairment
flaw
disorder
fault
rahui
stone in one's path
confines
blank wall
protective
neutralizer
controller
regulator
bit
dead weight
red tape
booby trap
mountain to climb
fail-safe
anticipatory measure
eradication
elimination
crushing
abolition
limiter
snaffle
getting tough
crush
stern measures
strike
severe measures
sabotage
intervention
foot dragging
deal-breaker
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