arrestation

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) The act of arresting.
 * 2) The act of stopping or slowing something (especially a process).
 * 3)  The act of catching someone's attention.
 * 4)  The act of arresting someone taking them into legal custody.
 * 5) * 1794,, letter dated September 1794 in Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795, Volume1, p.4,
 * the arrestation of the English residing in France was decreed by the national convention;
 * 1)  The act of catching someone's attention.
 * 2)  The act of arresting someone taking them into legal custody.
 * 3) * 1794,, letter dated September 1794 in Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795, Volume1, p.4,
 * the arrestation of the English residing in France was decreed by the national convention;
 * 1) * 1794,, letter dated September 1794 in Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795, Volume1, p.4,
 * the arrestation of the English residing in France was decreed by the national convention;
 * the arrestation of the English residing in France was decreed by the national convention;

Etymology
From. Equivalent to. 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.