Definition of "detainment" [de•tain•ment]

• The condition of being detained; detention (noun)

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• "Joking aside, the issue of torture and detainment is a serious one."
• "He told the Senate committee that some terrorism detainees were too “dangerous” to prosecute and may have to be “held in detainment for a long time.”"
• "Maybe if we just round up all people with political beliefs contrary to Obama's, put them in detainment camps, then we wouldn't need airport screenings."