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Meaning of detain

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  detain
      v 1: deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn: {confine},
           {detain}] [ant: {free}, {liberate}, {loose}, {release},
           {unloose}, {unloosen}]
      2: stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: {stay},
         {detain}, {delay}]
      3: cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by
         the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want
         to perform" [syn: {delay}, {detain}, {hold up}] [ant:
         {hurry}, {rush}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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