Detention

Noun

 * 1)  The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
 * 2)  A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.

Derived terms

 * detention basin
 * detention home

Adjectives
prolonged; honorable; inglorious; compulsory; vexatious; outrageous; accidental; unhappy.

Thesaurus
afterthought, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bind, block, blockage, blocking, bureaucratic delay, captivity, check, clogging, close arrest, closing up, closure, confinement, constriction, cramp, custody, deceleration, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detainment, double take, drag, dragging, durance, durance vile, duress, ease-off, ease-up, fixation, flagging, foot-dragging, halt, hampering, hang-up, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, house arrest, immuration, immurement, impediment, imprisonment, incarceration, inhibition, interference, interim, internment, interruption, jailing, jam, lag, lagging, let, letdown, letup, logjam, minus acceleration, moratorium, nab, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, paperasserie, pause, pickup, pinch, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, repression, reprieve, resistance, respite, restraint, restriction, retardance, retardation, retardment, setback, slack-up, slackening, slow-up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowness, slowup, squeeze, stay, stay of execution, stop, stoppage, stranglehold, stricture, suppression, suspension, term of imprisonment, tie-up, time lag, wait

Translations

 * Russian: задержание


 * Russian:, оставление (после уроков)


 * Bulgarian: задържане, арестуване
 * Dutch:
 * French: