detention
- Noun:
- A form of punishment where a student is required to remain at school after regular hours: The act of keeping a student at school as a disciplinary measure, typically for misbehavior or tardiness.
- The act of detaining or the state of being detained; confinement, especially for a short period: The action of holding someone in official custody, often for questioning or investigation, or the condition of being held.
As a punishment in school:
- He received detention for talking back to the teacher.
- The school's policy is to give detention to students who are late three times.
As confinement or custody:
- The suspect was held in detention for 48 hours without charge.
- The prolonged detention of political prisoners was condemned by human rights groups.
"Preventive detention": The imprisonment of a person without trial, usually to prevent them from committing a crime or because they are considered a threat.
- The controversial law allowed for the preventive detention of suspected terrorists.
"Immigration detention": The policy of holding individuals who are subject to immigration control in custody while their status is determined or deportation is arranged.
- The report criticized the conditions in the immigration detention center.
Detain (verb): To keep someone in official custody; to keep someone from proceeding.
- The police detained the driver for speeding.
Detainee (noun): A person held in custody, especially for political reasons.
- The Red Cross visited the detainees in the camp.
- Confinement: The state of being imprisoned or confined.
- Custody: The protective care or guardianship of someone, especially by the state.
- Incarceration: The state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.
- Punishment (in school context): A penalty inflicted for an offense.
To be in detention: To be serving a detention punishment or to be held in custody.
- She is in detention this afternoon for skipping class.
Detention center/facility: A place where individuals are held in detention.
- The juvenile detention center focuses on rehabilitation.
- "Detention without trial": A situation where a person is imprisoned without being found guilty by a court of law.
- The practice of detention without trial is a serious human rights concern.
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a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
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the detention of tardy pupils
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a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
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his detention was politically motivated
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the prisoner is on hold
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he is in the custody of police
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