detainment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: detainment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for detainment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detainment n 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" Synonym(s): detention, detainment, hold, custody
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detainment \De*tain"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. detenement.] Detention. [R.] --Blackstone.