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detention noun

  /dɪˈtɛnʃən/
  • (pedagogy) 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.
 Nachsitzen, Detention, Innehabung
  • (civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
 Detention, Innehabung
  • (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
 Haft, Gewahrsam

detent noun

  /dɪˈtɛnt/ , /ˈdiːtɛnt/
  • That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
 Arretierung, Sperrklinke
youth detention centre
Jugendgefängnis, Jugendstrafanstalt
detention centre
Haftanstalt
detention cell
Karzer
detention center
Gefangenenlager
indefinite detention
Verwahrung
juvenile detention center
Jugendgefängnis
detention as a hostage
Geiselhaft
be in detention
nachsitzen
preventive detention
Sicherungsverwahrung

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