Synonyms:
detention
Meaning: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
Synonyms:
detention, detainment, hold, custody
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
Even a peaceful detention was not to our minds, and when we named it imprisonment it looked even worse.
We spoke of it, and of our long quest, and of our tunnel, and of our escape from the Palace of Corrective Detention.
We spoke of it, and of our long quest, and of our tunnel, and of our escape from the Palace of Corrective Detention.
No men stopped us, for there were none about [-from-] the Palace of Corrective Detention, and the others knew nothing.
These penalties were not vindictive: on a first offence a week's detention only was to be given; on the second, one month's imprisonment; on the third, one year's; and on the fourth, perpetual imprisonment until the criminal yielded.