arrestation

== English == === Etymology === From French arrestation, from Latin arrestatio. === Noun === arrestation (countable and uncountable, plural arrestations) The act of arresting. The act of stopping or slowing something (especially a process). Synonym: arrest (dated) The act of catching someone's attention. (dated) The act of arresting someone (taking them into legal custody). Synonym: arrest 1794, Helen Maria Williams, letter dated September 1794 in Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795, Volume 1, p. 4,[6] […] the arrestation of the English residing in France was decreed by the national convention; == French == === Etymology === From Middle French arrestation. Equivalent to arrêter +‎ -ation. The noun, being of a more formal register, was standardised with a Latinate pronunciation, while the verb has the popular form with loss of preconsonantal s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === arrestation f (plural arrestations) arrest (“The act of arresting a criminal, suspect, etc.”) ==== Derived terms ==== en état d'arrestation === Further reading === “arrestation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012