detention
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
his detention was politically motivated
Types & categories
- confinement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
the detention of tardy pupils
Types & categories
- punishment hypernym
Related & opposite
- detain derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | restrain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detain |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | confinement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | detain |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | punishment |