detention
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French détention, from Latin detentio, detentionem. Equivalent to detain + -tion.
Base: detain
Affixes: -tion
Inflected forms:
form: detentions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: In the case of rail-borne traffic, permission is given to each sender to load and forward his traffic so that it will be available for loading into the vessel with a minimum of detention to wagons, unless arrangements have been made for the traffic to be put into store to await the arrival of the ship.
"[…] On the 18th of October, 1841, a very intense magnetic disturbance was recorded, and amongst other curious facts mentioned is that of the detention of the 10:05pm express train at Exeter for 16 minutes, as from the magnetic disturbance affecting the needles so powerfully, it was impossible to ascertain if the line was clear at Starcross. The superintendent at Exeter reported the next morning that someone was playing tricks with the instruments, and would not let them work."
gloss: A temporary state of custody or confinement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A temporary state of custody or confinement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: be stuck in detention
Now, for slacking off in class and for having a serious attitude problem, your punishment is two weeks in detention, with me, starting this afternoon.
gloss: The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: detain
Derived words: detention basin
detention cell
detention center
detention centre
detention home
detention officer
detention pond
detention time
detention warrant
house of detention
mandatory detention
nondetention
predetention
redetention
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: задържа́не
roman: zadǎržáne
lang: Bulgarian
word: арестува́не
roman: arestuváne
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 拘留
roman: jūliú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 扣押
roman: kòuyā
lang: Danish
word: tilbageholdelse
lang: Finnish
word: pidätys
lang: Finnish
word: pidättäminen
lang: French
word: détention
lang: French
word: arrestation
lang: German
word: Haft
lang: German
word: Gewahrsam
lang: Indonesian
word: penahanan
lang: Irish
word: coinneáil
lang: Japanese
word: 拘留
roman: kōryū
lang: Japanese
word: 拘置
roman: kōchi
lang: Japanese
word: 抑留
roman: yokuryū
lang: Korean
word: 구류
roman: guryu
lang: Korean
word: 억류
roman: eongnyu
lang: Māori
word: mauheretanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fengsling
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: fengsling
lang: Occitan
word: detencion
lang: Polish
word: detencja
lang: Russian
word: задержа́ние
roman: zaderžánije
lang: Russian
word: аре́ст
roman: arést
lang: Swahili
word: kizuizini
lang: Tagalog
word: pagkabinbin
lang: Ukrainian
word: затримання
roman: zatrymannja
lang: Dutch
word: houderschap
lang: Dutch
word: detentie
lang: Finnish
word: hallussapito
lang: French
word: détention
lang: German
word: Innehabung
lang: German
word: Detention
lang: Italian
word: detenzione
lang: Polish
word: dzierżenie
lang: Portuguese
word: detenção
lang: Spanish
word: mera tenencia
lang: Swedish
word: innehav