What does detention mean in crosswords?

detention means: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home

Which crossword clues can have detention as the answer?

Possible clues for detention include "After-school penalty".

Word entry · 9 letters

Best crossword clue

"After-school penalty"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈtɛnʃn̩/Part of speech nounSorted deeinnottStarts with DEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word

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Borrowed from Middle French détention, from Latin detentio, detentionem. Equivalent to detain + -tion.

“be stuck in detention”
“Now, for slacking off in class and for having a serious attitude problem, your punishment is two weeks in detention, with me, starting this afternoon.”

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