The condition resulting from being arrested; custody, imprisonment, durance.

The state of being detained by the police or other law enforcement officers; esp. confinement in a prison, police station, etc. Also: spec. arrest…

The action of detain, v.; detention, withholding, †seizure, etc. (Now usually gerundial.)

Keeping in custody or confinement; arrest. Used spec. of the confinement of a political offender. Cf. preventive detention n. at preventive, adj. n.c…

The fact of detaining, or of being detained; detention.

the action of detaining, or fact of being detained; detention.

The action of detaining, withholding, or keeping in one's possession; spec. The detaining of a person; esp. in custody or confinement.

The act of detaining; detention.

North American and Australian slang. An arrest, a charge; (occasionally) imprisonment.

= detention, n. 1.