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Dictionary definition for: Detention
1. (n) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) "his detention was politically motivated" "the prisoner is on hold" "he is in the custody of police"
2. (n) a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
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