Antonyms for arrest
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : uh-rest |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈrɛst |
- activate
- activation
- advance
- aid
- allow
- assist
- assistance
- beginning
- commencement
- continuation
- continue
- eject
- encourage
- encouragement
- exonerate
- expedite
- free
- freedom
- further
- go
- help
- let go
- letting go
- liberate
- liberation
- loosen
- lose
- misunderstand
- permit
- promote
- promotion
- push
- refusal
- reject
- release
- repel
- rise
- start
- take up
- unfasten
Definition of arrest
Origin :- "to cause to stop," also "to detain legally," late 14c., from Old French arester "to stay, stop" (Modern French arrêter), from Vulgar Latin *arrestare (source of Italian arrestare, Spanish and Portuguese arrestar), from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + restare "to stop, remain behind, stay back" (see rest (n.2)). Figurative sense of "to catch and hold" (the attention, etc.) is from 1814.
- noun taking into custody
- noun slowing or stopping
- verb take into authorized custody
- verb stop or slow
- verb get someone's attention
- If I see them look at each other, I'll put them both in arrest.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- From the moment of their arrest, the examination proceeded with great rapidity.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- If you bring this home to Mr. Mortimer you will punish him, arrest him?
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- They may arrest me as a felon—at any rate I shall be forced to leave the bank and go away.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- If I could only arrest those wonderful heat- and light-giving sparks!
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- It was perfectly legal to arrest that man on the barest suspicion.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- It was happy for Hagar that the angel was sent to arrest her progress.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- While Almamen chafed in vain at his arrest, all in the Christian camp was yet still.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Well, I may tell you that I have a warrant to arrest him on a charge of arson.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- Warren had been sworn in as a special constable to arrest Donald.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
Synonyms for arrest
- absorb
- accommodation
- apprehend
- apprehension
- appropriation
- bag
- block
- blockage
- booby trap
- book
- brace
- bust
- can
- captivity
- capture
- catch
- cessation
- check
- checking
- collar
- commitment
- confinement
- constraint
- crimp
- delay
- detain
- detention
- drop
- end
- engage
- engross
- fall
- fascinate
- freeze
- gaff
- get
- glom
- grab
- grip
- halt
- heat
- hinder
- hindrance
- hold
- hook
- imprison
- imprisonment
- incarcerate
- incarceration
- inhibit
- inhibition
- interrupt
- interruption
- jail
- jailing
- kick
- knock off
- mitt
- nab
- nail
- net
- nick
- nip
- obstruct
- obstruction
- pick up
- pickle
- pinch
- prevent
- prevention
- preventive custody
- protective custody
- pull
- pull in
- put the arm on
- put the cuffs on
- restrain
- restraining
- restraint
- restrict
- retard
- round up
- roust
- run in
- scrub
- secure
- seize
- sequestering
- shut down
- sidetrack
- snag
- snare
- stall
- stalling
- stay
- staying
- stoppage
- suppress
- suppression
- suspension
- sweep
- tab
- tag
- take in
- take prisoner
- toss in jail
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