detention : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: detention	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for detention
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detention n 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" Synonym(s): detention, detainment, hold, custody a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detention \Deten"tion\, n. [L. detentio: cf. F. d[82]tention. See {Detain}.] 1. The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding. 2. The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity. 3. Confinement; restraint; custody. The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of honorable detention* at Henry's court. --Hallam.