What is another word for detention?
351 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪtˈɛnʃən], [ dɪtˈɛnʃən], [ d_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for detention:- accusation (noun)
- act (noun)
- apprehension (noun)
- arrest (noun)
- confinement (noun)
- confinement, imprisonment (noun)
- delay (noun)
- detention (noun)
- imperviousness (noun)
- indictment (noun)
- insusceptibility (noun)
- lateness (noun)
- resistance (noun)
- restraint (noun)
- retention (noun)
- other synonyms
- imprisonment
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Detention:
n.
•accusation (noun) •act (noun) •apprehension (noun) •arrest (noun)- gloms,
- pick ups,
- re straining,
- re-straining,
- restrainings,
- protective custodies,
- pull ins,
- sequesterings,
- preventive custodies.
- de limitation,
- de limitations,
- boundings,
- constrainments,
- de-limitations,
- de-limitation,
- immurations.
- incarceration,
- pickup,
- time up the river,
- hindrance,
- Detainment,
- withholding,
- pinch,
- holding back,
- pen,
- impediment,
- immurement,
- holding pen,
- keeping in,
- restraint,
- nab,
- Arrestation.
- de lay,
- coolingoff periods,
- cunctations,
- sur cease,
- prorogations,
- dis-continuations,
- coolingoff period,
- dis continuation,
- de-lay,
- tieup,
- loiterings,
- de lays,
- lingerings,
- pro-rogation,
- sur-cease,
- retardments,
- pro rogations,
- de-lays,
- sur ceases,
- showstoppers,
- putting offs,
- demurrals,
- re missions,
- dis-continuation,
- re-missions,
- cooling-off periods,
- re mission,
- sur-ceases,
- tarryings,
- pro rogation,
- cooling off period,
- pro-rogations,
- re-mission,
- dawdlings,
- cooling off periods,
- dis continuations,
- hold ups.
- hold.
Other synonyms:
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- custodial,
- resistance.
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- inside.
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- serve.
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- term.
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- ground.
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- go down.
- distract,
- afterthought,
- prevent,
- fixation,
- jail sentence,
- justice,
- choky,
- pause,
- demurrage,
- lock up,
- punishment,
- Bridewell,
- interim,
- slowing,
- penal institution,
- hands,
- cramp,
- frustrate,
- seizure,
- penitentiary,
- bar,
- wait,
- penal colony,
- closure,
- hold up,
- Insusceptibility,
- opposition,
- stay of execution,
- check,
- law,
- disappoint,
- under suspicion,
- annoying,
- Irksome,
- keep,
- let,
- interruption,
- suspend,
- hang-up,
- fortress,
- police,
- respite,
- slackening,
- under a cloud,
- gaol,
- workhouse,
- impede,
- house of correction,
- retaining,
- blocking,
- slowup,
- aggravating,
- lagging,
- dam up,
- contradict,
- Hinderance,
- prison house,
- coop,
- grasp,
- station house,
- drag,
- capture,
- suspected,
- frustrating,
- cargo hold,
- handle,
- bother,
- bothersome,
- close arrest,
- closing up,
- forbid,
- station,
- hulks,
- black hole,
- difficult,
- obstruction,
- durance,
- slow up,
- red-tapeism,
- reprieve,
- tollbooth,
- time lag,
- postpone,
- stronghold,
- slowdown,
- appreciation,
- flagging,
- red-tapery,
- Hampering,
- clutches,
- squeeze,
- imprisonment,
- stocks,
- storage area,
- accused,
- nuisance value,
- house arrest,
- donjon,
- Holdback,
- stoppage,
- stir,
- letdown,
- stop,
- maddening,
- clutch,
- suppression,
- ease up,
- limbo,
- suspension,
- disconcert,
- clench,
- clasp,
- defeat,
- occlusion,
- setback,
- pound,
- inclosure,
- watch house,
- jailing,
- tedious,
- dragging,
- Detainer,
- pokey,
- tie up,
- keep in custody,
- correctional institution,
- handgrip,
- poky,
- bureaucratic delay,
- encumber,
- hindering,
- avert,
- stay,
- slowness,
- fold,
- servitude,
- slack up,
- Arrestment,
- reformatory,
- reform school,
- deter,
- annoy,
- block,
- slammer,
- cage,
- grip,
- interference,
- Renitency,
- disconcerting,
- jug,
- bind,
- defensive,
- oubliette,
- Thana,
- penal settlement,
- tenacity,
- cell,
- discourage,
- jam,
- prison sentence,
- circumvent,
- Renitence,
- Panopticon,
- repression,
- chokey,
- Calaboose,
- cargo deck,
- Clogging,
- in custody,
- letup,
- halt,
- lockup,
- avoid,
- Bilboes,
- prison,
- blockade,
- Archaicbridewell,
- den,
- gripe,
- guardroom,
- moratorium,
- deferment,
- dissuade,
- cargo area,
- remand home,
- bastille,
- remand,
- Quod,
- negativism,
- lag,
- slavery,
- stranglehold,
- foot-dragging,
- irritating,
- can,
- arresting,
- obstructionism,
- dungeon,
- enslavement,
- cooler,
- CHE approved school,
- aggravate,
- oppose,
- counteract,
- clink,
- anxiety,
- ease off,
- deceleration,
- baffle,
- durance vile,
- Discomfiting,
- discomfit,
- postponement,
- clip,
- holdup,
- infuriating.
Paraphrases for Detention:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
Detainment, jailing.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
detentions.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
Migrants, checks, therapies, controls, penitentiary, Penitentiaries.
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Noun, singular or mass
Institutionalization, Reclusion, immobilisation, seclusion, concentration, deportation, abduction, isolation, Apprehending, gaol, accommodation, impoundment, reservation, Sentencing, institutionalisation, penitentiary, residence.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
confining, impounding, Possessing, seizing, Apprehending.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
Detained, orders, imprisonment, arrest, arrests, confinement, prison, Prisons, Detaining, incarceration, internment, detainee, detainees, remand, custodial, retention.
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Noun, singular or mass
Detained, deprivation, imprisonment, arrest, confinement, prison, Detaining, incarceration, internment, captivity, sequestration, detainee, detainees, remand, retention.
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Verb, past tense
Detained, imprisonment, custodial, retention.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Detaining.
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Verb, past participle
imprisonment.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
detains.
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Verb, base form
arrest.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Detention:
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n.
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confinement, imprisonment
freedom, liberation, aid, release, help, assistance.
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Other antonyms:
emancipation, haste, discharge, dispatch, promptness, promptitude, rush.
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confinement, imprisonment
Homophones for Detention:
- denomination, de-iodination, demimondaine, deamination, downtime, dimetane, damnation, demotion, downtown, dindymene, denotatum, dentin, donation, detention home, domitian, denudation, detonation, domination, diamantine, dentition, domatium, Dama Dama, dantean, danton, diminution, denotation, dentine, dumdum, down town.
Hyponym for Detention:
n.
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act
penalization, penalty, penalisation, punishment.
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act