Detention vs. Arrest

Detentionnoun

(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.

Detentionnoun

(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.

Detentionnoun

The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

Detentionnoun

The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.

Detentionnoun

Confinement; restraint; custody.

Detentionnoun

a state of being confined (usually for a short time);

Detentionnoun

a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home;

Detentionnoun

the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody

Detentionnoun

the punishment of being kept in school after hours

Arrestnoun

A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.

Arrestnoun

The condition of being stopped, standstill.

Arrestnoun

(legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

Arrestnoun

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

Arrestnoun

A device to physically arrest motion.

Arrestnoun

(nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.

Arrestnoun

(obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.

Arrestnoun

(farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.

Arrestverb

To stop the motion of (a person or animal).

Arrestverb

To stay, remain.

Arrestverb

(transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).

Arrestverb

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.

Arrestverb

(transitive) To catch the attention of.

Arrestverb

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

Arrestverb

To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.

Arrestverb

To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.

Arrestverb

To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.

Arrestverb

To tarry; to rest.

Arrestnoun

The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.

Arrestnoun

The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.

Arrestnoun

Any seizure by power, physical or moral.

Arrestnoun

A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; - also named rat-tails.

Arrestnoun

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

Arrestnoun

the state of inactivity following an interruption;

Arrestverb

take into custody;

Arrestverb

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;

Arrestverb

attract and fix;

Arrestverb

cause to stop;

Arrest

An arrest is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody (legal protection or control), usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime. After being taken into custody, the person can be questioned further and/or charged.