Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-TEN'TION
DE-TEN'TION, n. [See Detain.]
- The act of detaining; a withholding from another his right; a keeping what belongs to another, and ought to be restored. – Blackstone.
- Confinement; restraint; as, detention in custody.
- Delay from necessity; a detaining; as, the detention of the mail by bad roads.
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