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Webster 1913 Edition
Detention
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Detention
DETENTION
,Noun.
1.
The act of detaining; a withholding from another his right; a keeping what belongs to another, and ought to be restored.2.
Confinement; restraint; as detention in custody.3.
Delay from necessity; a detaining; as the detention of the mail by bad roads.Definition 2024
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See also: détention
English
Noun
detention (countable and uncountable, plural detentions)
- (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
- (countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.
Derived terms
Translations
act or state
temporary custody or confinement