What does "detention" mean?
Detention: The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
Additional senses
- 2.Confinement; restraint; custody. The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of honorable detention at Henry's court. Hallam.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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