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The answer DETENTION has 16 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of detention in various dictionaries:
noun - a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
noun - a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
The act of detaining.
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| Kids kept after school & prisoners awaiting trial are held in it |
| On film the members of "The Breakfast Club" were sentenced to it in the library |
| Also an after-school penalty, it's the holding of a suspect in custody to await charges or trial |
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| the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody. |
| The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody. |
| a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home |
| a state of being confined (usually for a short time) |
| the act of officially detaining someone: |
| a form of punishment in which children are made to stay at school for a short time after classes have ended: |
| the act or condition of being officially forced to stay in a place: |
| Detention is also a punishment in which a student must remain in school for a short time after classes have ended for the day. |
| The act of detaining. |
| The state or a period of being detained, especially: |
| Detention might refer to |
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* School detention, a form of punishment used in schools * Detention (imprisonment), imprisonment of someone guilty or suspected of a crime * Detention basin, an artificial flow control structure that is used to contain flood water for a limited period of time * Remand (detention), the keeping in custody of an arrested person awaiting adjudication * Immigration detention, imprisonment of an unauthorised person entering a country * Detention of an individual with symptoms of severe mental illness (for the legal procedure involving a court order, see Involuntary commitment) * Preventive detention |
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| INCARCERATION |
| KEEPING |
| LYINGIN |
| WARDSHIP |