Synonyms of detention
- 1 Syllable
- pinch, gloms, glom, bust, nab, mitt, pen
- 2 Syllables
- restraint, duress, arrest, delay, pickup
- 3 Syllables
- presentment, constrainment, detainment, straitjacket, custody, indictment, showstopper, internment, retentions, cunctation, retention, tardiness, impeachment, hindrance, withholding
- 4 Syllables
- impediment, impedance, prorogation, retardation, resistance, quarantine, lazaretto, quarantining, apprehension, confinement, arrestation, imperviousness, immurement
- 5 Syllables
- incarceration, delimitation
- 7 Syllables
- insusceptibility