'detention' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'detention' with 4 example sentences.
- detention noun
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: a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
You just bought yourself another day of detention.
He forgot to bring his homework, so he got detention.
I escaped from the detention center.