Antonyms for detained

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-teyn

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈteɪn

Definition of detained

Origin : early 15c., deteynen, from Old French detenir "to hold off, keep back" (12c.), from Latin detinere "hold off, keep back," from de- "from, away" (see de-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Modern spelling is 17c., from influence of contain, retain, etc. Related: Detained; detaining.

verb hold, keep back; arrest

Example sentences :

Monday evening came and went, and still she had been detained from any effort.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

If he had known I would be detained I don't believe he would have asked it of me.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Had his followers dared, they would have detained him by force.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Roland was lingering unwillingly, detained by Burnham's imperative hand.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Master Gryphus was detained in bed by the fever caused by the fracture of his arm.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

When we got back to the house Harry detained me on the veranda alone.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

I am detained in town by provoking, tiresome, but necessary business.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Had Mr. Dunbar detained her at Maudesley Abbey against her will?
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

I said that he might be ill, or that important letters in that day's post might have detained him.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

The storm overtook us while in the grotto and detained us half an hour longer.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

Synonyms for detained

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