Detain /(dē̇*tān")/

imp. & p. p. Detained; p. pr. & vb. n. Detaining

1. To keep back or from; to withhold.

   Detain not the wages of the hireling.

2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.

   Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

3. To hold or keep in custody.

1. Detention. [Obs.]