Husband led away and contained (4)
I believe the answer is:
held
'contained' is the definition.
('hold' can be a synonym of 'contain')
'husband led away' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'away' indicates anagramming the letters.
'led' anagrammed gives 'eld'.
'h'+'eld'='HELD'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for held that I've seen before include "Defended successfully" , "Detained" , "Retained; grasped" , "Retained, kept" , "Gripped" .)