arrestation

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Bandy X. Lee: The authoritarian mindset is a familiar arrestation in or regression to an earlier stage of development.

From Salon • May 24, 2019

Had I been an insignificant character I had not been in arrestation.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Paine, Thomas

When the telephone rang its always mysterious call, she went to it with a tense arrestation of her nerves expectant of his voice, fearing—hoping.

From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen

"General, "Permit me to remind you that I am yet a prisoner in this place, and that it is now one year since my arrestation.

From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest

They therefore, for this time, confined themselves to single degrees of accusation and arrestation against the most valuable part of the National Convention.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel