detention
Meaning of detention
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.
Information about detention
- It is a name.
- The plural form of detention is: detentions.
- Languages in which detention is used:
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Hyphenation of detention
de-ten-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- detention is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
detention synonyms
Meaning detainment:
Translation of detention
- Italian: arresto
- French: arrestation
- Spanish: detención, arresto
- German: Verhaftung
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