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The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody
An instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business
The action of capturing or of being captured
Isolation
Lack of susceptibility, or of capacity to feel or perceive
An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury
The quality or fact of being late; lateness
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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
thrall
jail
US
thralldom
gaol
UK
control
slavery
servitude
enslavement
time
holding
isolation
subjugation
subjection
fetters
serfdom
chokey
vassalage
curb
penal servitude
hard labour
check
coercion
immuration
bonds
repression
solitary confinement
cramp
limit
constrainment
retaining
preservation
maintenance
gaoling
UK
jailing
US
reservation
yoke
entombment
enthrallment
limbo
solitary
holding cell
lockdown
the hole
enthralment
persecution
domination
exploitation
chains
servility
shackles
oppression
restraints
bird
restriction
limitation
trammels
safekeeping
delimitation
bounds
bounding
keeping
boundary
scope
sentence
term
jaildom
serfage
suppression
villenage
helotry
peonage
pressure
damper
rein
compulsion
force
condition
fetter
circumscription
stricture
curtailment
hampering
obstruction
deterrent
handicap
arm-twisting
constriction
pressurization
US
threats
intimidation
hardship
exaction
enforcement
threat
discipline
pressurisation
UK
violence
more ❯
“She has in my view made up a story of arrest and
detention
between May and September 1999.”
Noun
▲
An instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business
delay
detainment
holdback
holdup
wait
holding pattern
stoppage
postponement
setback
hindrance
obstruction
problem
interval
suspension
check
stay
downtime
hold-up
impediment
stall
hangup
moratorium
retardment
lag
discontinuation
jam
surcease
bind
obstacle
stop
filibuster
prorogation
logjam
holding
snag
tie-up
showstopper
retardation
pause
halt
hold
lull
interruption
break
intermission
interlude
gap
time wasted
time lag
cooling-off period
period of waiting
braking
slowdown
downshift
letup
deceleration
demurrage
loitering
procrastination
lingering
reprieve
impedance
cunctation
demurral
adjournment
dawdling
remission
tarrying
stack-up
limbo
lapse
cessation
respite
recess
hiatus
waiting path
bottleneck
snafu
gridlock
difficulty
glitch
hitch
trouble
rest
interim
entr'acte
putting off
traffic jam
curb
encumbrance
inhibition
block
blockage
retard
fetter
interference
trammel
waiting period
more ❯
“The
detention
at the airport security checkpoint was brief, but because he was running late, it caused him to miss his flight.”
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
arrestment
pinch
nick
collaring
nabbing
pinching
busting
nailing
booking
pickup
cop
snare
hook
nip
nail
commitment
gaff
custody
mitt
glom
gaoling
UK
drop
heat
captivity
pickle
confinement
fall
crimp
jailing
US
sweep
restraining
pull
sequestering
accommodation
constraint
grab
preventive custody
taking into custody
protective custody
booby trap
pull in
run in
hijacking
snatch
takeover
kidnapping
highjacking
expropriation
arrogation
usurpation
carrying off
taking away
rape
kidnaping
grabbing
detainer
preemption
annexing
sequestration
requisitioning
theft
impounding
annexation
poind
removal
distraint
disseisin
distrainment
attachment
kidnap
swiping
heist
taking hostage
ransom
rip-off
hostage-taking
conquering
retroduction
hijack
skyjacking
more ❯
Noun
▲
Isolation
quarantine
isolation
confinement
cordon sanitaire
segregation
solitary confinement
lazaretto
seclusion
separation
sequestration
solitude
privacy
aloneness
separateness
detachment
withdrawal
retirement
solitariness
reclusiveness
insulation
secludedness
remoteness
privateness
desolation
retreat
loneliness
reclusion
hiding
concealment
shelter
aloofness
beleaguerment
seclusiveness
blockade
peace and quiet
protection
lonesomeness
silence
waste
shielding
closeting
loneness
setting apart
emptiness
wilderness
wasteland
desert
partitioning
disconnection
singleness
keeping apart
exclusion
purdah
peace
ivory tower
obscurity
screen
defence
UK
defense
US
safeguarding
shield
cushion
apartheid
division
discrimination
partition
dissociation
peacefulness
secrecy
quietness
safe keeping
exlusion
ghettoization
disunion
sorting out
quiet
splitting up
lack of disturbance
freedom from interference
lack of interruption
an ivory tower
self-sufficiency
exile
insularity
monkhood
friendlessness
confidentiality
clandestineness
space
discretion
penetralia
desertedness
inaccessibility
one's space
time alone
more ❯
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 formal accusation for a criminal offence, 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
recrimination
slur
implication
tirade
reproach
reprimand
rebuke
castigation
reproof
invective
obloquy
objurgation
reprehension
reprobation
repudiation
disparagement
disapproval
disfavor
US
remonstrance
attack
depreciation
disapprobation
diatribe
chiding
expostulation
opposition
animadversion
gripe
denouncement
exprobation
bill of indictment
disfavour
UK
claim
squawk
roar
insinuation
blast
stink
rumble
dido
exposé
bum rap
admonition
stick
telling off
censoriousness
justifiable charge
trial
finger-pointing
true bill
legal process
legal action
j'accuse
commination
stigmatization
US
stricture
excoriation
assertion
fulmination
asseveration
suit
scolding
upbraidment
vilification
riot act
stigmatisation
UK
smearing
knock
character assassination
cursing
damning
derogation
crimination
lawsuit
fault
dressing down
declaration
testimony
avowal
witness
affirmation
plea
deposition
attestation
averment
suggestion
contention
evidence
representation
submission
innuendo
slander
ascription
aspersion
testament
testimonial
affidavit
sworn statement
proclamation
profession
certification
argument
intimation
indication
pretence
UK
hint
asservation
overment
pretense
US
making out
more ❯
Noun
▲
The quality or fact of being late; lateness
tardiness
belatedness
lateness
unpunctuality
delay
delinquency
dilatoriness
procrastination
retardation
slowness
postponement
prolongation
protraction
deferment
backwardness
late date
advanced hour
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