detention: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words

Suffixes of detention

  • detentions
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    detention

    • noun a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
      hold; custody; detainment.
      • his detention was politically motivated
      • the prisoner is on hold
      • he is in the custody of police
    • noun a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
      • the detention of tardy pupils





About Prefix and Suffix Words

This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `detention`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.

While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `detention`, some are not.

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