DETENTION
\dɪtˈɛnʃən], \dɪtˈɛnʃən], \d_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DETENTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
By Princeton University
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a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
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The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
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Confinement; restraint; custody.
By Oddity Software
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The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
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The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
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Confinement; restraint; custody.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of detaining; delay; confinement.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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