Tom was given detention for talking during class.
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Detention
//dɪˈtɛnʃn̩//
Synonyms for "detention" (126 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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63 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَوْقِيف noun (custody of a prisoner awaiting trial)
Bulgarian
2 entries- арестува́не noun (act or state)
- задържа́не noun (act or state)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 扣押 noun (act or state)
- 拘留 noun (act or state)
- 留校察看 noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
Danish
3 entries- anholdelse noun (custody of a prisoner awaiting trial)
- eftersidning noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
- tilbageholdelse noun (act or state)
Dutch
2 entries- detentie noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
- houderschap noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
Finnish
4 entries- hallussapito noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
- jälki-istunto noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
- pidättäminen noun (act or state)
- pidätys noun (act or state)
French
4 entries- arrestation noun (act or state)
- détention noun (act or state)
- détention noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
- retenue noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
German
4 entries- Detention noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
- Gewahrsam noun (act or state)
- Haft noun (act or state)
- Innehabung noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
Indonesian
1 entries- penahanan noun (act or state)
Irish
1 entries- coinneáil noun (act or state)
Italian
1 entries- detenzione noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
Japanese
3 entries- 抑留 noun (act or state)
- 拘留 noun (act or state)
- 拘置 noun (act or state)
Korean
2 entries- 구류 noun (act or state)
- 억류 noun (act or state)
Māori
2 entries- mauheretanga noun (act or state)
- mauheretanga noun (custody of a prisoner awaiting trial)
Norwegian
1 entries- gjensitting noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fengsling noun (act or state)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fengsling noun (act or state)
Occitan
1 entries- detencion noun (act or state)
Polish
2 entries- detencja noun (act or state)
- dzierżenie noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
Portuguese
1 entries- detenção noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
Russian
4 entries- аре́ст noun (act or state)
- аре́ст noun (custody of a prisoner awaiting trial)
- задержа́ние noun (act or state)
- оставле́ние noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
Spanish
3 entries- detención noun (custody of a prisoner awaiting trial)
- detención noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
- mera tenencia noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
Swahili
3 entries- kizuizini noun (act or state)
- kizuizini noun (custody of a prisoner awaiting trial)
- kizuizini noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
Swedish
3 entries- häktning noun (custody of a prisoner awaiting trial)
- innehav noun (holding in one's control with no intention to possess)
- kvarsittning noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagkabinbin noun (act or state)
Turkish
1 entries- cezaya kalma noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
Ukrainian
1 entries- затримання noun (act or state)
Vietnamese
4 entries- sự cấm túc noun (punishment given to a student for a minor infraction)
- sự cầm tù noun (custody of a prisoner awaiting trial)
- sự giam cầm noun (custody of a prisoner awaiting trial)
- sự giam giữ noun (custody of a prisoner awaiting trial)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
Source: tatoeba (554659)
He was given a detention for being out after curfew.
Source: tatoeba (684670)
He forgot to bring his homework, so he got detention.
Source: tatoeba (800851)
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