detention
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2.2
- noun
- /dɪˈtɛnʃən/
:
castigo
- You know, I spent half of school in detention.
- school detention
- detention and suspension
- detention time
OK, and I went to detention for that and I understood you cannot raise your hand right now.
- OK, and I went to detention for that and I understood you cannot raise your hand right now.
- And I and she said that to me and I literally took the pen and and I didn't know what and I just put it above my head and she sent me to detention.
- Getting chucked out of classes, getting detentions after school, just being trouble, you know, putting my parents through so much shit.
- this program you have with the kids with detention that we alluded to? Cause this is yeah. So
- Keep them after and we'll be the only talk show with detention.
- Reward and punishment grades, you know, detention, the pyramidal hierarchy, who's overseeing who all the way up to the superintendents.
Examples
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At that, Mr. Stern reprimands the outburst, and Joe receives a detention.
Academic text (2012) -
So this kid just got detention in class for watching the lot.
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The student would receive no more than an afternoon of detention, if that.
Academic text (2008) -
You just earned yourself a detention, sir.
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Don't forget you have detention after school today.
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If Steps 1 and 2 are ineffective, the student will be given detention, and the student's parent will be contacted.
Academic text (2014) -
After misbehaving in class, he was assigned to detention for an hour after school.
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The teacher announced that any student caught talking would have to serve detention after lessons.
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If you continue to disrupt the class, you will find yourself in detention again.
Antonyms
Compounds
36
4.6
A place where people are kept for a short time, like prisoners or migrants, while their case is decided
2
4.4
A large room in a jail or police station where officers keep several people for a short time
2
3.2
A place where refugees or migrants are kept temporarily while officials decide if they can enter the country
1
6.5
A place where young people who have broken the law stay temporarily under court supervision
- Formal
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7.7
A place where young people who broke the law are kept by the court for a short time
1
6.2
A place where young people who broke the law stay temporarily under court care
- Specialized
A built area that holds rainwater from storms briefly and releases it slowly to reduce flooding downstream
A place where authorities keep young people for a short time after breaking the law
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word detention comes from Latin parts de- 'away' and tenere 'to hold', the same root you see in retain. So school detention is being 'held back' after class.