Definition of Detain

Verb

• cause to be slowed down or delayed
  "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"
  "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
  delay - hold up
• stop or halt
  "Please stay the bloodshed!"
  stay delay
• deprive of freedom
  take into confinement
  confine

Word games points for the Detain

• Scrabble® score of the detain (7)
• Word Chums® score of the detain (8)
• Words With Friends® score of the detain (8)

Unscramble detain

106 unscramble word found using the letters detain.

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