Hypertext Webster Gateway: "detention"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detention \De*ten"tion\, n. [L. detentio: cf. F. d['e]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
detention
n 1: 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" [syn: {hold},
{custody}]
2: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after
others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
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