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Synonyms for remand
noun forcible detentionAntonyms for remand
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
delays
verb. cause stop in action
- adjourn
- arrest
- bar
- bide time
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- confine
- curb
- dawdle
- defer
- detain
- deter
- dilly-dally
- discourage
- drag
- encumber
- filibuster
- gain time
- hamper
- hold
- hold over
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- intermit
- keep
- keep back
- lag
- lay over
- linger
- loiter
- obstruct
- postpone
- prevent
- procrastinate
- prolong
- prorogue
- protract
- put off
- remand
- repress
- restrict
- retard
- shelve
- slacken
- stall
- stave off
- stay
- suspend
- table
- tarry
- temporize
- withhold
imprison
verb. confine; put in jail
- apprehend
- bastille
- bottle up
- cage
- check
- circumscribe
- closet
- commit
- constrain
- curb
- detain
- fence in
- hold
- hold captive
- hold hostage
- hold in custody
- ice
- immure
- impound
- incarcerate
- intern
- jail
- keep
- keep captive
- keep in custody
- limit
- lock in
- lock up
- nab
- occlude
- pen
- put away
- put behind bars
- rail in
- remand
- restrain
- send to prison
- send up
- shut in
- stockade
- take prisoner
- trammel
imprisoning
verb. confine; put in jail
- apprehend
- bastille
- bottle up
- cage
- check
- circumscribe
- closet
- commit
- constrain
- curb
- detain
- fence in
- hold
- hold captive
- hold hostage
- hold in custody
- ice
- immure
- impound
- incarcerate
- intern
- jail
- keep
- keep captive
- keep in custody
- limit
- lock in
- lock up
- nab
- occlude
- pen
- put away
- put behind bars
- rail in
- remand
- restrain
- send to prison
- send up
- shut in
- stockade
- take prisoner
- trammel
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.