arrestation

English

Etymology

From French arrestation, from Latin arrestatio.

Noun

arrestation (countable and uncountable, plural arrestations)

  1. (archaic) arrest
    • H. M. Williams
      The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for arrestation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

arrêter +‎ -ation

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

arrestation f (plural arrestations)

  1. arrest (“The act of arresting a criminal, suspect, etc.”)

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