detention
[noun]
Synonyms: imprisonment, confinement, custody, incarceration, quarantine

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Related Words: imprisonment, incarceration, internment

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

de‧ten‧tion /dɪˈtenʃən/ noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: detentio, from detentus, past participle of detinere; ⇒ detain]

1. [uncountable] the state of being kept in prison
in detention
Willis was held in detention for five years.

2. [uncountable and countable] a punishment in which children who have behaved badly are forced to stay at school for a short time after the others have gone home
in detention
She was always getting put in detention.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

detention
noun
ADJ. arbitrary Opponents of the regime had been subject to arbitrary detention, torture and execution.
pre-trial | indefinite If found guilty of smuggling drugs, she could face indefinite detention.
VERB + DETENTION be in, remain in 147 of the illegal immigrants remain in detention.
hold sb in, place sb in, sentence sb to He was held in detention from 1991 to 2001. They were sentenced to 12 months' detention in a young offender institution.
be subject to, face | release sb from
DETENTION + NOUN camp, centre
PREP. in ~ She spent 18 years in detention.
under ~ He made the confession while under detention.
PHRASES a period/term of detention The judge will fix the period of detention.

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