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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DETAINMENT, n. The act of detaining; detention.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" [syn: detention, detainment, hold, custody]
Merriam Webster's
noun see detain
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Detainment De*tain"ment, n. [Cf. OF. detenement.] Detention. [R.] --Blackstone.
