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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun detention has 2 senses
- detention(n = noun.state) custody, detainment, 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" is a kind of confinement
- detention(n = noun.act) Array - a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils" is a kind of penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment
Derived form verb detain1
Derived form verb detain1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
detention, n.
1 detaining or being detained.
2 a being kept in school after hours as a punishment. b an instance of this.
3 custody; confinement.
1 detaining or being detained.
2 a being kept in school after hours as a punishment. b an instance of this.
3 custody; confinement.
Idiom
detention centre Brit. an institution for the brief detention of young offenders.
Etymology
F d{eacute}tention or LL detentio (as DETAIN)
THESAURUS
detention
afterthought, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bind, block, blockage, blocking, bureaucratic delay, captivity, check, clogging, close arrest, closing up, closure, confinement, constriction, cramp, custody, deceleration, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detainment, double take, drag, dragging, durance, durance vile, duress, ease-off, ease-up, fixation, flagging, foot-dragging, halt, hampering, hang-up, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, house arrest, immuration, immurement, impediment, imprisonment, incarceration, inhibition, interference, interim, internment, interruption, jailing, jam, lag, lagging, let, letdown, letup, logjam, minus acceleration, moratorium, nab, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, paperasserie, pause, pickup, pinch, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, repression, reprieve, resistance, respite, restraint, restriction, retardance, retardation, retardment, setback, slack-up, slackening, slow-up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowness, slowup, squeeze, stay, stay of execution, stop, stoppage, stranglehold, stricture, suppression, suspension, term of imprisonment, tie-up, time lag, waitROGET THESAURUS
detention
Retention
N retention, retaining, keep, detention, custody, tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip, fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum, bond, clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice, paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf, neif, bird in hand, captive, retaining, retentive, tenacious, unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated, incommunicable, inalienable, in mortmain, in strict settlement, uti possidetis.
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