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detention(dictionary)
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detention (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: detentio, from detentus, past participle of detinere; DETAIN]
[U] the state of being kept in prison
in detention
::Willis was held in detention for five years.
[U and C] 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 .