Detention

What do we mean by detention?

The act of detaining. noun

The state or a period of being detained, especially. noun

A period of temporary custody while awaiting trial. noun

A holding of a person in custody or confinement by authorities for political or military reasons. noun

A form of punishment by which a student is made to stay after regular school hours. noun

The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding or keeping of what belongs to or is claimed by another. noun

The state of being detained or held back; restraint; confinement. noun

Forced stoppage; hindrance; delay from necessity or on account of obstacles. noun

The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding. noun

The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity. noun

Confinement; restraint; custody. noun

The act of detaining or the state of being detained. noun

A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished. noun

A state of being confined (usually for a short time) noun

A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home noun

The act of detaining or the state of being detained.

A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.

The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.

A place where you get sent when a teacher notices something bad or inappropriated. The best way to get one is to chew gum. Urban Dictionary

A stupid way teachers try to teach you a lesson...by the way, it doesn't work! Urban Dictionary

When you did nothing wrong but the demons (techers) still torture you Urban Dictionary

-a room where you sit in when a teacher wants you to "think about what youve done" -where most people get sent to for tardies and gum Urban Dictionary

What students hate to get but kinky adults love to play. Urban Dictionary

It's not good at all. Some detentions can vary depending on what you did. For example if you told the principle to go to hell that is a full day. If you simply had your phone out in class then its a lunch detention. Full day detention are way worse. 2 restroom breaks, not allowed to go to the cafeteria to get your lunch ( the teachers get it for you) and your teachers send ALL the work you have to do down to detention in my school. Worst of all if you don't get it done, congraluations you just got 2 to 3 hours of homework. After school detentions are the worst. You are held in school after everyone has left. Ive only got lunch detentions. its where you get your lunch then go to detention. Urban Dictionary

A place 99.9999999% (students) the population hates, and 0.0000001% (teachers) like. Urban Dictionary

The worst thing to come out of America's education system. A waste of a perfectly good hour where your basic rights to go places is taken away for an hour. Also prevents socializing if you live in Bronxville where almost every detention is at lunch Urban Dictionary

An annoying ass place you go to when your teachers dont like you or your just plain out reterted Urban Dictionary

A place where in my case I catch up on sleep. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to detention:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word detention:
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Words that rhyme with detention:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe detention:
preventive, pretrial, such, illegal, long, administrative, arbitrary, continued, indefinite, unlawful, juvenile, trial, temporary, further, wrongful, compulsory, prolonged, lawful, forcible, secure, short, brief, mandatory, term, involuntary, unjust, subsequent, preliminary, mere, military, longer, initial, lengthy, preventative, day, extended, criminal, unnecessary, secret, provisional, investigative, protective, punitive, permanent, undue, penal, psychiatric, periodic, forced, improper, custodial, unreasonable, indeterminate, unexpected, accidental, site, unlimited, unavoidable, safe, mass, executive, hour, unjustified, protracted, consequent, unwarranted, month, excessive, unjustifiable, unfortunate, automatic, reformative, alleged.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective detention:
time, period.

Words that sound like detention:
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