- verbdetaining (present participle)
- keep (someone) from proceeding; hold back:"she made to open the door, but he detained her"
- keep (someone) in official custody, typically for questioning about a crime or in politically sensitive situations:"she was detained without trial for two years"
Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘be afflicted with sickness or infirmity’): from Old French detenir, from a variant of Latin detinere, from de- ‘away, aside’ + tenere ‘to hold’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- keep (someone) from proceeding; hold back:
- keep (someone) in official custody, typically for questioning about a crime or in politically sensitive situations:
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