detention | | |
n. (state) | 1. custody, detainment, detention, hold | 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" |
| ~ confinement | the state of being confined.; "he was held in confinement" |
n. (act) | 2. detention | a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home.; "the detention of tardy pupils" |
| ~ penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment | the act of punishing. |
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