- detention, hold, custody - 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"
--1 is a kind of confinement
Derived form: verb detain1 - detention - a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
--2 is a kind of punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
Derived form: verb detain1