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The phrase "a detention" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a punishment where a student is required to stay at school after hours.
Example: "After breaking the school rules, he was given a detention for one hour after classes."
Alternatives: "a punishment" or "an after-school punishment".
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Other more serious offenses shouldn't be done if you're just trying to get a detention.
A detention center.
K.C. Marshall, a detention operations officer.
And I'd been in a detention centre.
He is scheduled to appear Tuesday for a detention hearing.
A magistrate judge scheduled a detention hearing for Monday.
She is due in court Thursday for a detention hearing.
He was held overnight in a detention cell.
Judge Roberts is hearing appeals of a detention order.
Two men in a detention center are burned to death.
"It was like a detention center," Mr. Chaney said.
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