noun
the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody.
the fifteen people arrested were still in police detention
custody,imprisonment,confinement,incarceration,internment,captivity,restraint,arrest,house arrest,remand,committal,quarantine,duress,durance,detainment
noun
the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody.
the fifteen people arrested were still in police detention
custody,imprisonment,confinement,incarceration,internment,captivity,restraint,arrest,house arrest,remand,committal,quarantine,duress,durance,detainment
noun
the action of confining or state of being confined.
he was immediately released from his confinement
imprisonment,internment,incarceration,custody,captivity,detention,restraint,arrest,house arrest,thraldom,thrall,duress,durance,penning,caging,locking up,walling in/up,enclosure,encirclement,surrounding,encompassment,quarantine,corralling,immurement
noun
the action of confining or state of being confined.
he was immediately released from his confinement
imprisonment,internment,incarceration,custody,captivity,detention,restraint,arrest,house arrest,thraldom,thrall,duress,durance,penning,caging,locking up,walling in/up,enclosure,encirclement,surrounding,encompassment,quarantine,corralling,immurement
noun
the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something.
the care of the elderly
safe keeping,supervision,custody,charge,protection,keeping,keep,control,management,ministration,guidance,superintendence,tutelage,aegis,responsibility,guardianship,wardship,trusteeship,trust,provision of care,looking after,parenting,mothering,fathering,concern,consideration,attention,attentiveness,thought,regard,mind,notice,heed,solicitude,interest,caringness,sympathy,respect
verb
feel concern or interest; attach importance to something.
they don’t care about human life
be concerned,worry (oneself),trouble oneself,bother,mind,concern oneself with,be interested in,interest oneself in,trouble oneself with,have regard for,burden oneself with,give a damn,give a hoot,give a rap,give a hang,give a tinker’s curse/damn,give a monkey’s,lose sleep over,get worked up
noun
the condition of being imprisoned or confined.
he was released after 865 days in captivity
imprisonment,confinement,internment,incarceration,custody,detention,restraint,constraint,committal,arrest,bondage,slavery,servitude,enslavement,subjugation,subjection,thraldom,thrall,duress,durance
noun
the condition of being imprisoned or confined.
he was released after 865 days in captivity
imprisonment,confinement,internment,incarceration,custody,detention,restraint,constraint,committal,arrest,bondage,slavery,servitude,enslavement,subjugation,subjection,thraldom,thrall,duress,durance
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