Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun remand

1 sense of remand

Sense 1
remand -- (the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial))
       => return -- (the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb remand

2 senses of remand

Sense 1
remit, remand, send back -- (refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision)
       => challenge -- (issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match")

Sense 2
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand -- (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life")
       => confine, detain -- (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)

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