 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
detention
noun
1: 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" [syn: {hold},
{custody}]
2: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after
others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Detention \De*ten"tion\, noun [L. detentio: cf. F. d['e]tention.
See {Detain}.]
1. The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
2. The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay
from necessity.
3. Confinement; restraint; custody.
The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of
honorable detention at Henry's court. --Hallam.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "detention":
afterthought, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bind,
block, blockage, blocking, bureaucratic delay, captivity, check,
clogging, close arrest, closing up, closure, confinement,
constriction, cramp, custody, deceleration, delay, delayage,
delayed reaction, detainment, double take, drag, dragging, durance,
durance vile, duress, ease-off, ease-up, fixation, flagging,
foot-dragging, halt, hampering, hang-up, hindering, hindrance,
holdback, holdup, house arrest, immuration, immurement, impediment,
imprisonment, incarceration, inhibition, interference, interim,
internment, interruption, jailing, jam, lag, lagging, let, letdown,
letup, logjam, minus acceleration, moratorium, nab, negativism,
nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition,
paperasserie, pause, pickup, pinch, red tape, red-tapeism,
red-tapery, repression, reprieve, resistance, respite, restraint,
restriction, retardance, retardation, retardment, setback,
slack-up, slackening, slow-up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down,
slowness, slowup, squeeze, stay, stay of execution, stop, stoppage,
stranglehold, stricture, suppression, suspension,
term of imprisonment, tie-up, time lag, wait
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