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Synonyms for detention
noun confinement, imprisonmentAntonyms for detention
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
arrest
noun. taking into custody
- accommodation
- apprehension
- appropriation
- bag
- booby trap
- bust
- captivity
- capture
- collar
- commitment
- confinement
- constraint
- crimp
- detention
- drop
- fall
- gaff
- glom
- grab
- heat
- hook
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- jailing
- mitt
- nab
- nail
- nick
- nip
- pick up
- pickle
- pinch
- preventive custody
- protective custody
- pull
- pull in
- restraining
- run in
- sequestering
- snare
- sweep
confinement
noun. imprisonment; restriction
constraint
noun. restriction
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.