📖 Определения и значения для слова detention
📒 the state of being kept in a place, especially a prison, and prevented from leaving
- They were sentenced to 12 months' detention in a young offender institution.
- police powers of arrest and detention
- allegations of torture and detention without trial
📒 the punishment of being kept at school for a time after other students have gone home
- They can’t give me (a) detention for this.
- Any student caught smoking would be given detention immediately.
- My first day of school, and I have detention.