Bound and Detain

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Bound

Bound verb - To mark the limits of.
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Detain and bound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Detain" instead a verb "Bound".
Nearby Words: bounded, boundless, boundary, bounding, boundlessness

Detain

Detain verb - Cause to be slowed down or delayed.
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Bound and detain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bound" instead a verb "Detain".
Nearby Words: detention, detainer, detaining

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people bound people detain people
characters bound characters detain characters

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  • Literature / Papillon After talking to Papillon and his companions he is sympathetic to their plight, being foreign escaped convicts and innocent of any crimes against Columbia aside from illegal entrance, but he is bound by law to detain them until extradition to French Guiana.
    Source: Literature / Papillon
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