detento

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dētento, no perf., ātum, 1, v. intens. a. [detineo],

to hold or keep back, to detain (late Lat.), Ven. Carm. 11, 21: servos, Cod. Th. 7, 13, 16 al.