Synonyms for detention
dɪˈtɛn ʃənde·ten·tion

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1. detention

   Synonyms:
   retention, retaining, hindrance

   Antonyms:
   relinquishment, abandonment, letting go

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1. detention, detainment, hold, custodynoun

   a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

   "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

   Synonyms:
   clutch, grip, storage area, delay, keep, cargo hold, detainment, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, wait, cargo area, postponement, custody, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, grasp, time lag, hands

2. detentionnoun

   a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home

   "the detention of tardy pupils"

   Synonyms:
   detainment, custody, hold

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1. • Punishment

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1. glomnoun

   Submitted by Providence on July 18, 2023  

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1. detentionnoun

   Synonyms:
   restraint, custody, confinement, arrest

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1. List of paraphrases for "detention":

   arrest, custody, imprisonment, detained, detentions, prison, confinement, internment, arrests, detain, possession, retention, remand, detaining, incarceration, détention, apprehension, arrested, holding, detainment, arresting, custodial, detainees, detainee, penitentiary, reclusion, stop, committal, correctional, apprehending

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1. Boris Grubesic:

   The defendant is charged with war crimes committed against several hundred Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) and Croat victims ... who were illegally arrested and detained in several camps and detention facilities in the Brcko area.

2. Omer El-Digair:

   We hope that the formation of transitional institutions marks the beginning of a new era, we hope it is an era where we can shut off the sound of pistols and destroy for good prisons of arbitrary detention.

3. President Barack Obama:

   The notion that we're gonna deport 11, 12 million people from this country - first of all, I have no idea where Mr. Trump thinks the money’s gonna come from. It would cost us hundreds of billions of dollars to execute that, imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we were dragging parents away from their children, and putting them in what, detention centers, and then systematically sending them out.

4. Fabian Picardo:

   Separately, the United States Department of Justice has requested that a new legal procedure for the detention of the vessel should be commenced, that is a matter for our independent Mutual Legal Assistance authorities who will make an objective, legal determination of that request for separate proceedings.

5. Joaquin Castro:

   Their disposition seem to be sadder because they just got here. I asked how long some of them have been in detention. One of them said 46 days. Another said 45 days.