detention

[De*ten·tion]

Detention is a word for confinement or imprisonment, usually for a short time. It's also a punishment where children must stay after school.

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The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

Noun
a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"

Noun
a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"


n.
The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

n.
The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.

n.
Confinement; restraint; custody.


Detention

De*ten"tion , n. [L. detentio: cf. F. d'82tention. See Detain.] 1. The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding. 2. The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity. 3. Confinement; restraint; custody.
The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of honorable detention at Henry's court.

The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

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Usage Examples

Sending Paris Hilton to jail for being the most loathed celeprosy lesion in the history of the species seems like a happening idea at first - forty-five days at Century Regional Detention Center is so the new thirty days at Promises Malibu! But it sets a dangerous precedent to jail celebs just because someone hates them.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I used to spend every morning in detention at my old school.

Police in China can do whatever they want after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their own laws. In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want - not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

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