"detainment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈteɪn.mənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detainment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: detainments [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪnmənt Etymology: detain + -ment Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|detain|ment}} detain + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} detainment (countable and uncountable, plural detainments)
  1. The condition of being detained; detention. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-detainment-en-noun-eHx8vrsi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment

Inflected forms

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