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1. (n.) detention
the act of detaining or the state of being detained.
2. detention
maintenance of a person in custody or confinement, as while awaiting a court decision.
3. detention
the keeping of a student after school hours as a punishment.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L dētentiō=dēten-, var. s. of dētinēre (see detain ) +-tiō -tion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) detention, detainment, hold, custody
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"
2. (noun) detention
a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
"the detention of tardy pupils"
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1. (noun) detention
≠ release
***their detention in the prison camp
2. detention
a punishment in which students have to stay with the teacher after class
***The teacher gave me two days of detention.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Detention
the act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding
2. (noun) Detention
the state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity
3. (noun) Detention
confinement; restraint; custody
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Sense: the state of being imprisoned
The criminals are in detention.
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 Afrikaans: aanhouding |
 Arabic: حَجْز، إحْتِجاز، تَوْقيف |
 Bulgarian: задържане |
 Brazilian: detenção |
 Czech: vazba, zadržení |
 German: die Haft |
 Danish: forvaring; detention |
 Greek: κράτηση |
 Spanish: detención |
 Estonian: vangistus |
 Farsi: حبس؛ بازداشت |
 Finnish: vankeus |
 French: détention |
 Hebrew: מָעֲצַר |
 Hindi: गिरफ्तारी |
 Croatian: zatvor, pritvor |
 Hungarian: letartóztatás |
 Indonesian: penahanan |
 Icelandic: varðhald |
 Italian: detenzione |
 Japanese: 留置 |
 Korean: 구류, 감금 |
 Lithuanian: sulaikymas, areštas |
 Latvian: aizturēšana; arests |
 Malay: tahanan |
 Dutch: hechtenis |
 Norwegian: arrest, internering, forv |
 Polish: areszt |
 Persian: حبس؛ بازداشت |
 Pashto: بندی |
 Portuguese: detenção |
 Romanian: detenţie |
 Russian: заключение |
 Slovak: väzba |
 Slovenian: pripor |
 Serbian: pritvor |
 Swedish: kvarhållande i häkte, int |
 Thai: สถานกักกัน |
 Turkish: tutuklanma |
 Taiwanese: 拘留 |
 Ukrainian: затримання, арешт |
 Urdu: حراست |
 Vietnamese: sự giam giữ |
 Chinese: 拘留 |
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