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Synonyms for detention

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-ten-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtɛn ʃən

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Définition of detention

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle French détention (13c.), from Late Latin detentionem (nominative detentio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin detinere (see detain). Sense of "confinement" used by 1570s (in reference to Mary Queen of Scots). In reference to school punishment, recorded from 1882.
  • noun confinement, imprisonment
Example sentences :
  • We had good passages out and home, experiencing no detention or accidents.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • His detention was doubtless irregular, for by law he should have been sent beyond the seas.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • That done, he resorted to measures for La Boulaye's detention.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He had a warrant authorising her detention in a home for chronic inebriates.
  • Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
  • Detention, most courteously arranged, while the Ambassador was communicated with.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • Sir Donald urges the necessity of Paul's arrest and detention.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • The boat reached her mooring in good season, notwithstanding the detention.
  • Extract from : « Little By Little » by William Taylor Adams
  • Foyle murmured an assent and led the way back to the detention room.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • The detention of this mysterious prisoner in the Bastille was not an extended one.
  • Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • Far from detention, he received supplies and reinforcements.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock

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