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Detention
dɪˈtɛnʃn
Detention definitions
noun
detention
detentions
- the action of detaining someone in official custody, or the state of being detained
"the fifteen people arrested were still in police detention"
custody imprisonment confinement incarceration internment captivity restraint arrest house arrest remand committal- the punishment of being kept in school after hours
"teachers were divided as to the effectiveness of detention"