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Word "DETENTION" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
Synonyms:
custody, detainment, hold
Examples:
his detention was politically motivated

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
Examples:
the detention of tardy pupils

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Clue Source Date
Act of keeping ten, ten or one, perhaps (9)
Punishment for pupils of French with pronounced anxiety
penalty for rude students
School punishment Thomas Joseph 04 Mar 2023
Desperately need tot in custody The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Apr 2022
Prison‘s famous mounted guards went in without cover
Intend to exact originally unusual punishment
Confinement of Parisian number one trapped by heavy weight
School punishment — what could make Eton end it?
Class clown's comeuppance New York Times 19 May 2017
Class clown's comeuppance
It need not upset confinement
After-school punishment The Telegraph Quick 16 Oct 2015
Custody The Telegraph Quick 07 Mar 2015
High-schooler's punishment
After-school punishment
Enforced delay.
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