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Meaning of detention
detention (n)
a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
detention (n.)
The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
Confinement; restraint; custody.
detention Sentence Examples
- The student was given a detention for repeatedly disrupting the class.
- Law enforcement officers placed the suspect under detention pending further investigation.
- The detention center housed individuals awaiting trial or serving short-term sentences.
- Despite protests from the parents, the school administration upheld the decision to assign detention to the student.
- The detention of political dissidents sparked international outrage and calls for their release.
- The detention of undocumented immigrants at the border has become a contentious issue in recent years.
- The teacher assigned extra homework as a form of detention for students who failed to complete their assignments.
- Human rights organizations raised concerns about the conditions in which detainees were held in the overcrowded detention facility.
- The detention of journalists reporting on government corruption raised questions about freedom of the press in the country.
- Following the altercation, the belligerent student was placed in detention to cool off and reflect on their actions.
FAQs About the word detention
a state of being confined (usually for a short time), a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone homeThe act of detaining or kee
incarceration,imprisonment, detainer,captivity, arrest, detainment, internment, confinement, apprehension, seizure
freedom, release,discharge, freedom, discharge, release,, liberation, emancipation, emancipation
The student was given a detention for repeatedly disrupting the class.
Law enforcement officers placed the suspect under detention pending further investigation.
The detention center housed individuals awaiting trial or serving short-term sentences.
Despite protests from the parents, the school administration upheld the decision to assign detention to the student.
