detention /dɪˈtɛnʃn̩/ noun5 •a period of time when someone is held by the police and cannot leave •Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial. •A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.be stuck in detention •The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.Detain not the wages of the hireling: for every degree of detention of it beyond the time is injustice, and uncharitableness, and grindes his face til tears and blood come out: […] — 1651 •The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession. formsdetentions
