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the detention
noun
The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
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The British government has defended the detention.
The detention center was terribly overcrowded.
The detention of the officer, Brig.
"The detention of children is absolutely wrong.
The detention facilities should be shut down.
He gave no reason for the detention.
The detention prompted sustained international criticism.
"The detention system is ad hoc.
I see the detention houses, the fickleness of human relationships.
The detention centre is run by private contractors Serco.
Mr. Rusbridger sees the detention as an act of intimidation.
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