Definitions For Detention

noun

  • A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
  • A state of being confined (usually for a short time)
  • The act of keeping someone in a prison or similar place
  • The state of being kept in a prison or similar place
  • A punishment in which a student is required to stay at school after the rest of the students have left

Is Detention a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
12

The word Detention is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Detention in a Sentence

  • The detention of suspected terrorists
  • The jail is only used for brief detentions.
  • They both got three detentions this year.

Synonyms for Detention

Antonyms for Detention

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