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DETENTION, n. [See Detain.]

1. The act of detaining; a withholding from another his right; a keeping what belongs to another, and ought to be restored.

2. Confinement; restraint; as detention in custody.

3. Delay from necessity; a detaining; as the detention of the mail by bad roads.

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