detention
IPA: dɪtˈɛnʃʌn
noun
- (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
- (countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
- (law) Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
- (pedagogy) 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.
- (civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
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Examples of "detention" in Sentences
- The Federal Court upheld the detention.
- The kid got the detention for pinching his friend.
- It is the site of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
- Extrajudicial detention is both accurate and neutral.
- It means the detention was outside of the justice system.
- He was sent to the Juvenile Detention Center in the Bronx.
- Detention and torture of extrajudicial prisoners are allowed.
- The building on the right is the pretrial detention facility.
- They were used for the storagr of food and the detention of prisoners.
- As such, the reason for the detention in the Forbidden Forest is also changed.
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