Main entry: delay, detain, hold up
Definition: cause to be slowed down or delayed
Usage: Traffic was delayed by the bad weather; she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform
Main entry: detain, confine
Definition: deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Antonyms: release, liberate, loose, free, unloose, unloosen
Definition: grant freedom to; free from confinement