arrestment: meaning and definitions
EnglishType a word
To stop; check: a brake that automatically arrests motion; arrested the growth of the tumor.
To seize and hold under the authority of law.
To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.
The act of detaining in legal custody: the arrest of a criminal suspect. The state of being so detained: a suspect under arrest.
A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part.
The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.