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According to WordNet, the noun "detention" has 2 sense(s).

113999663 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".

101161635 a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils".


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