Defenition of the word detention

• Defenition of the word detention

  • A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial.
  • restraint of a person's liberty
  • the act of delaying
  • a state of confinement (usually for a short time; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police")
  • a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
  • 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"
  • a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
  • a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

Synonyms for the word detention

• • arrest
  • confinement
  • custody
  • delay
  • hold
  • holdup
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • locking up

Similar words in the detention

• • detention
  • detention's
  • detentions

Hypernyms for the word detention

• • confinement
  • inactivity
  • penalisation
  • penalization
  • penalty
  • punishment
  • restraint

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