detention (n.)

• afterthought
• apprehension
• arrest
• bind
• block
• blockage
• blocking
• captivity
• check
• closure
• confinement
• constriction
• cramp
• custody
• deceleration
• delay
• detainment
• drag
• durance
• duress
• fixation
• flagging
• halt
• hang-up
• hindrance
• holdup
• immurement
• impediment
• imprisonment
• incarceration
• inhibition
• interference
• interim
• internment
• interruption
• jam
• lag
• lagging
• let
• letdown
• letup
• logjam
• moratorium
• negativism
• obstruction
• obstructionism
• occlusion
• opposition
• pause
• pickup
• pinch
• repression
• reprieve
• resistance
• respite
• restraint
• restriction
• retardation
• setback
• slackening
• slowdown
• slowing
• slowness
• squeeze
• stay
• stop
• stoppage
• stranglehold
• stricture
• suppression
• suspension
• tie-up
• wait