Definitions for detentions

detentions de·ten·tion

Spelling: [dih-ten-shuh n]
IPA: /dɪˈtɛn ʃən/

Detentions is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 420 anagrams from letters in detentions (deeinnostt).

Definitions for detentions

noun

  1. the act of detaining.
  2. the state of being detained.
  3. maintenance of a person in custody or confinement, especially while awaiting a court decision.
  4. the withholding of what belongs to or is claimed by another.

adjective

  1. of or relating to detention or used to detain:

Origin of detentions

1400-50; late Middle English Latin dētentiōn- (stem of dētentiō), equivalent to dētent(us) detained (past participle of dētinēre; see detain) + -iōn- Examples for detentions

That done, he resorted to measures for La Boulaye's detention.

But on Monday, when he was scheduled to appear in court, KSM was back in his detention site.

detention, most courteously arranged, while the Ambassador was communicated with.

Perhaps the guards at the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities will finally be allowed to smoke cubans, too.

His detention was doubtless irregular, for by law he should have been sent beyond the seas.

He had a warrant authorising her detention in a home for chronic inebriates.

On Sunday afternoon both Babinets and Dimitriyev were released after several hours of detention.

We had good passages out and home, experiencing no detention or accidents.

He then escaped from his detention and arrived on Tverskaya Avenue to join his supporters.

After two nights in detention, he was scheduled to be deported back to Turkey on Monday.

Word Value for detentions
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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