detention
/dɪˈtɛnʃn̩/
A temporary state of custody or confinement.; A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork; The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance
- Plural
- detentions
Bedeutungen
- 1
A temporary state of custody or confinement.; A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork
You just bought yourself another day of detention.
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- 2
The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance
- 3
A temporary state of custody or confinement.; Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial
- 4
The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possessionselten