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Sense: Enforced delay

Synonyms:

retention , hindrance , detainment, arrest , delay , impediment, obstruction, hampering, slowing down, stay , stoppage, wait

Sense: Restraint

Synonyms:

custody , internment, quarantine, arrest , confinement, restraint , observation, apprehension, capture , time (slang), imprisonment, jailing

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