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noun:- hawaii or a period of being detained, especially:
- A period of temporary custody while waiting for trial.
- a time period of confinement to a detention home.
- a kind of discipline through which a student was created to stay after regular school hours.
- A forced or punitive delay.
- The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
- a short-term condition of custody or confinement, particularly of a prisoner waiting for test, or of a student becoming penalized.
- The act of detaining or keeping right back; a withholding.
- their state of being detained (ended or hindered); delay from requirement.
- Confinement; restraint; custody.
- The act of detaining or maintaining back; a withholding or maintaining of exactly what belongs to or is claimed by another.
- their state of being detained or held straight back; discipline; confinement.
- Forced stoppage; hindrance; delay from requirement or on account of hurdles.
- a state to be restricted (usually for a few days)
- a punishment where students must stay in school after others went house
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