Detain

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DETAINED; p. pr. & vb. n. DETAINING.] [Fr. détenir, Pr. & Sp. detener, It. detenere, ditenere, Lat. detinere, from de and tenere, to hold. See TENANT.]

1. To keep back or from; to withhold. “Detain not the wages of the hireling.” Bp. Taylor.
2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; as, we were detained by the rain.

Let us detain thee until we shall have made ready a kid. Judges xiii. 15. 3. To hold in custody. Blackstone. Syn.—To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder.