detention
91detention cell — noun a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily • Syn: ↑bullpen, ↑detention centre • Hypernyms: ↑cell, ↑jail cell, ↑prison cell …
92detention centre — noun a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily • Syn: ↑bullpen, ↑detention cell • Hypernyms: ↑cell, ↑jail cell, ↑prison cell …
93detention — noun a) The act of detaining or the state of being detained. b) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished …
94Detention — De|ten|ti|on, die; , en [lat. detentio = das Zurückbehalten]: 1. (röm. Recht) Besitz einer Sache ohne Rechtsschutz. 2. (veraltet) Haft, Gewahrsam …
95detention — Synonyms and related words: afterthought, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bind, block, blockage, blocking, bureaucratic delay, captivity, check, clogging, close arrest, closing up, closure, confinement, constriction, cramp, custody …
96Detention — Varetægt …
97detention — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Enforced delay] Syn. retention, hindrance, detainment; see arrest 2 , delay 1 , impediment 1 . 2. [Restraint] Syn. custody, internment, quarantine; see arrest 1 , confinement 1 , restraint 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n …
98Detention — De|ten|ti|on die; , en <aus lat. detentio »Zurückhaltung, Haft« zu detinere, vgl. ↑detenieren>: 1. Besitz einer Sache ohne Rechtsschutz (röm. Recht). 2. (veraltet) Haft, Gewahrsam …
99detention — de·ten·tion || dɪ tenʃn n. delay, detainment; confinement …
100detention — noun 1》 the action or state of detaining or being detained. 2》 the punishment of being kept in school after hours. Origin ME: from late L. detentio(n ), from L. detinere (see detain) …
