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redetained

redetained is the simple past and past participle of redetain.

Meaning of redetain

Verb

redetain (third-person singular simple present redetains, present participle redetaining, simple past and past participle redetained)

  1. (transitive) To detain again.
    • He came by boat to Australia, and lived in the community for three years before being redetained by immigration authorities.2015 August 12, Ben Doherty, “Asylum seeker forcibly returned to Afghanistan after appeals exhausted”, in The Guardian

Questions about redetained

What is redetained the simple past and past participle of?
Redetained is the simple past and past participle of redetain.

Words near redetained in the dictionary

  1. redetail
  2. redetailed
  3. redetailing
  4. redetails
  5. redetain
  6. redetained
  7. redetaining
  8. redetains
  9. redetect
  10. redetectable
  11. redetected

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