detentionn.

/dɪˈtɛnʃən/

Etymology: ? < French détention (13th cent. in Godefroy Suppl., = Provençal detention , Spanish detencion , Italian detenzione ), < Latin dētentiōn-em , noun of action from dētinēre to detain v. The word is late in English and may have been taken immediately from Latin.

The action of detaining, or condition of being detained.

a. Keeping in custody or confinement; arrest. Used spec. of the confinement of a political offender. Cf. preventive detention n. at preventive adj. and n. Compounds. house of detention, a place where arrested persons are kept in custody, before being committed to prison; a lock-up.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [noun]

safety?a1400

detentc1465

custodyc1503

straina1510

safeguard1528

violence?1535

safe custody1536

restrainta1547

detention?1570

retention1572

constraint1590

sickerness1678

deportation1909

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] > custody

arrestc1386

custodyc1503

detaininga1535

detention?1570

detainment1586

detain1596

detainer1640

detainal1806

pinch1900

deportation1909

?1570 in J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) 247 Her [Q. Mary's] detention under safe custody.

1793 N. Vansittart Refl. Propriety Peace 37 The state of detention in which the King and Royal Family of France were.

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. v. 48 Offering twenty guineas reward for his detention.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 193 The detention of a French citizen by a Prussian agent in a free town of the Empire was a distinct..illegality.

1909 J. Morley Indian Speeches 146 There is no fixed limit of time of detention.

1920 Statem. Moral & Mat. Progr. India 1919 26 in Parl. Papers (Cmd. 950) XXXIV. 744 The continued detention of dangerous characters already under control or in confinement.

1940 J. Anderson in Hansard Commons 5th Ser. CCCLXI. 290 Regulation 18 B of the Defence Regulations was last night amended by the addition of a provision enabling me to order the detention of members of organizations which have had associations with the enemy.

†b. Bodily restraint by infirmity, etc. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > restraint by ill health

detaininga1535

bedriddennessa1631

detention1650

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. v. 86 Darkness for three days, not..from the suspension of the sun-beams, or detention of the Egyptians eyes.

c. At schools: keeping in as a punishment. Also concrete and attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > other types of punishment > [noun] > school punishment > detention

detention1882

1882 Boy's Own Paper 3 June 574/3 Mr. Rastle..set them each twelve propositions of Euclid to learn by heart, and two hours a-piece in the detention-room, there to meditate over their evil ways.

1909 P. G. Wodehouse Mike xliii. 243 There is only one thing to be said in favour of detention on a fine summer's afternoon, and that is that it is very pleasant to come out of.

1931 ‘R. Crompton’ William's Crowded Hours ii. 34 He was unable to answer two very simple questions that the Latin master asked him, and was given a detention.

2. The keeping back or withholding of what is due or claimed.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal seizure or wrongful occupation > wrongful withholding

detention1552

detinue1570

forcible detainer1618

detainer1619

detainure1641

detainder1672

detaining1795

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Detencion or witholdinge, detentio.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 38 The detention of long since due debts.

1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 25 July (1855) 21 Such monie..shall be frie of any common burden by detentione of any pairt of the annual rent.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Detention, a Possession, or Holding of an Heritage, or the like, from some other Claimant. The Word is chiefly used in an ill Sense, for an unjust Holding.

1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eastern Church (1869) vii. 238 We can hardly suppose that his opponents really believed him guilty of the..detention of the corn.

3. Keeping in a place; holding in one's possession or control; retention. ? Obsolete except in Law.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal possession > [noun]

state1400

owingc1450

possession1535

detention1626

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum § 343 In Bodies that need Detention of Spirits, the Exclusion of the Air doth good.

1787 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis ii. 41 With ditties and puns he holds Thought in detention.

1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 31 Jan. 361 Had the First Consul acquiesced in our detention of Malta.

1871 W. Markby Elem. Law §365 Possession sometimes means the physical control simply, the proper word for which is detention.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. Comm. 643 The depositary has mere detention, the depositor has possession.

4. A keeping from going on or proceeding; hindrance to progress; compulsory delay.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindering or retarding

retardationc1437

tardation1568

delay1570

retarding1585

detention1589

forslowing1611

remore1627

retardment1640

tardidation1647

backing1649

retardure1751

demurrage1817

delayal1834

delaying action1872

heel-tapping?1883

1589 E. Hayes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 686 Minding to proceed further south w^tout long detention in those parts.

1793 R. Hall Apol. Freedom Press Pref. 1 The accidental detention of the following pamphlet in the press longer than was expected.

1818 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey Amer. 83 Benighted, in consequence of accidental detention, at the foot of one of these rugged hills.

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage vi. 81 In spite of all the detention we had suffered.

Compounds

detention barrack n. a military prison.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > military

provo1705

provost1728

conjee-house1835

detention barrack1906

mush1917

glasshouse1925

stockade1945

1906 Act 6 Edward VII c. 2 §6. 5 A soldier sentenced to imprisonment..may be confined in a detention barrack.

detention camp n. in the war of 1914–18, a camp in which aliens and others were kept under restraint; also applied to other places of incarceration.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun]

quarternOE

prisona1200

jailc1275

lodgec1290

galleya1300

chartrea1325

ward1338

keepingc1384

prison-house1419

lying-house1423

javel1483

tollbooth1488

kidcotec1515

clinkc1530

warding-place1571

the hangman's budget1589

Newgate1592

gehenna1594

Lob's pound1597

caperdewsie1599

footman's inn1604

cappadochio1607

pena1640

marshalsea1652

log-house1662

bastille1663

naskin1673

state prison1684

tronk1693

stone-doublet1694

iron or stone doublet1698

college1699

nask1699

quod1699

shop1699

black hole1707

start1735

coop1785

blockhouse1796

stone jug1796

calaboose1797

factory1806

bull-pen1809

steel1811

jigger1812

jug1815

kitty1825

rock pile1830

bughouse1842

zindan1844

model1845

black house1846

tench1850

mill1851

stir1851

hoppet1855

booby hatch1859

caboose1865

cooler1872

skookum house1873

chokey1874

gib1877

nick1882

choker1884

logs1888

booby house1894

big house1905

hoosegow1911

can1912

detention camp1916

pokey1919

slammer1952

joint1953

slam1960

1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle v. 62 The lieutenant discoursed a lot about prisoners and detention-camps.

1958 New Statesman 25 Jan. 93/1 The new governor, by..his dramatic gesture of a Christmas amnesty for 100 prisoners from the detention camps, has provided a much needed tonic.

detention centre n. an institution in which young offenders are detained for short periods.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > place of detention or lock-up > for juveniles

remand home1901

remand centre1937

detention centre1948

juvie1967

1948 Act 11 & 12 Geo. VI c. 58 §48 Detention centres, that is to say places in which persons not less than fourteen but under twenty-one years of age who are ordered to be detained in such centres under this Act may be kept for short periods under discipline suitable to persons of their age and description.

1961 Listener 19 Oct. 612/1 Mr. Sewell Stoke's talk on detention centres..paints a rosy picture of this comparatively new method of dealing with boys and young men of fourteen to twenty-one.

detention money n. a sum of money held back until certain conditions are fulfilled.

ΚΠ

1898 Westm. Gaz. 12 July 7/3 The Union rate of wages, overtime, and detention money are paid.

1902 Daily Chron. 27 Nov. 4/7 The cable contract detention money payable when the cables had proved satisfactory.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	detention
释义	detentionn. /dɪˈtɛnʃən/ Etymology: ? < French détention (13th cent. in Godefroy Suppl., = Provençal detention , Spanish detencion , Italian detenzione ), < Latin dētentiōn-em , noun of action from dētinēre to detain v. The word is late in English and may have been taken immediately from Latin. The action of detaining, or condition of being detained. 1. a. Keeping in custody or confinement; arrest. Used spec. of the confinement of a political offender. Cf. preventive detention n. at preventive adj. and n. Compounds. house of detention, a place where arrested persons are kept in custody, before being committed to prison; a lock-up. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [noun] safety?a1400 detentc1465 custodyc1503 straina1510 safeguard1528 violence?1535 safe custody1536 restrainta1547 detention?1570 retention1572 constraint1590 sickerness1678 deportation1909 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] > custody arrestc1386 custodyc1503 detaininga1535 detention?1570 detainment1586 detain1596 detainer1640 detainal1806 pinch1900 deportation1909 ?1570 in J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) 247 Her [Q. Mary's] detention under safe custody. 1793 N. Vansittart Refl. Propriety Peace 37 The state of detention in which the King and Royal Family of France were. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. v. 48 Offering twenty guineas reward for his detention. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 193 The detention of a French citizen by a Prussian agent in a free town of the Empire was a distinct..illegality. 1909 J. Morley Indian Speeches 146 There is no fixed limit of time of detention. 1920 Statem. Moral & Mat. Progr. India 1919 26 in Parl. Papers (Cmd. 950) XXXIV. 744 The continued detention of dangerous characters already under control or in confinement. 1940 J. Anderson in Hansard Commons 5th Ser. CCCLXI. 290 Regulation 18 B of the Defence Regulations was last night amended by the addition of a provision enabling me to order the detention of members of organizations which have had associations with the enemy. †b. Bodily restraint by infirmity, etc. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > restraint by ill health detaininga1535 bedriddennessa1631 detention1650 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. v. 86 Darkness for three days, not..from the suspension of the sun-beams, or detention of the Egyptians eyes. c. At schools: keeping in as a punishment. Also concrete and attributive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > other types of punishment > [noun] > school punishment > detention detention1882 1882 Boy's Own Paper 3 June 574/3 Mr. Rastle..set them each twelve propositions of Euclid to learn by heart, and two hours a-piece in the detention-room, there to meditate over their evil ways. 1909 P. G. Wodehouse Mike xliii. 243 There is only one thing to be said in favour of detention on a fine summer's afternoon, and that is that it is very pleasant to come out of. 1931 ‘R. Crompton’ William's Crowded Hours ii. 34 He was unable to answer two very simple questions that the Latin master asked him, and was given a detention. 2. The keeping back or withholding of what is due or claimed. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal seizure or wrongful occupation > wrongful withholding detention1552 detinue1570 forcible detainer1618 detainer1619 detainure1641 detainder1672 detaining1795 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Detencion or witholdinge, detentio. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 38 The detention of long since due debts. View more context for this quotation 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 25 July (1855) 21 Such monie..shall be frie of any common burden by detentione of any pairt of the annual rent. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Detention, a Possession, or Holding of an Heritage, or the like, from some other Claimant. The Word is chiefly used in an ill Sense, for an unjust Holding. 1861 A. P. Stanley Lect. Eastern Church (1869) vii. 238 We can hardly suppose that his opponents really believed him guilty of the..detention of the corn. 3. Keeping in a place; holding in one's possession or control; retention. ? Obsolete except in Law. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal possession > [noun] state1400 owingc1450 possession1535 detention1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum § 343 In Bodies that need Detention of Spirits, the Exclusion of the Air doth good. 1787 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis ii. 41 With ditties and puns he holds Thought in detention. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 31 Jan. 361 Had the First Consul acquiesced in our detention of Malta. 1871 W. Markby Elem. Law §365 Possession sometimes means the physical control simply, the proper word for which is detention. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. Comm. 643 The depositary has mere detention, the depositor has possession. 4. A keeping from going on or proceeding; hindrance to progress; compulsory delay. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindering or retarding retardationc1437 tardation1568 delay1570 retarding1585 detention1589 forslowing1611 remore1627 retardment1640 tardidation1647 backing1649 retardure1751 demurrage1817 delayal1834 delaying action1872 heel-tapping?1883 1589 E. Hayes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 686 Minding to proceed further south w^tout long detention in those parts. 1793 R. Hall Apol. Freedom Press Pref. 1 The accidental detention of the following pamphlet in the press longer than was expected. 1818 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey Amer. 83 Benighted, in consequence of accidental detention, at the foot of one of these rugged hills. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage vi. 81 In spite of all the detention we had suffered. Compounds detention barrack n. a military prison. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > military provo1705 provost1728 conjee-house1835 detention barrack1906 mush1917 glasshouse1925 stockade1945 1906 Act 6 Edward VII c. 2 §6. 5 A soldier sentenced to imprisonment..may be confined in a detention barrack. detention camp n. in the war of 1914–18, a camp in which aliens and others were kept under restraint; also applied to other places of incarceration. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] quarternOE prisona1200 jailc1275 lodgec1290 galleya1300 chartrea1325 ward1338 keepingc1384 prison-house1419 lying-house1423 javel1483 tollbooth1488 kidcotec1515 clinkc1530 warding-place1571 the hangman's budget1589 Newgate1592 gehenna1594 Lob's pound1597 caperdewsie1599 footman's inn1604 cappadochio1607 pena1640 marshalsea1652 log-house1662 bastille1663 naskin1673 state prison1684 tronk1693 stone-doublet1694 iron or stone doublet1698 college1699 nask1699 quod1699 shop1699 black hole1707 start1735 coop1785 blockhouse1796 stone jug1796 calaboose1797 factory1806 bull-pen1809 steel1811 jigger1812 jug1815 kitty1825 rock pile1830 bughouse1842 zindan1844 model1845 black house1846 tench1850 mill1851 stir1851 hoppet1855 booby hatch1859 caboose1865 cooler1872 skookum house1873 chokey1874 gib1877 nick1882 choker1884 logs1888 booby house1894 big house1905 hoosegow1911 can1912 detention camp1916 pokey1919 slammer1952 joint1953 slam1960 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle v. 62 The lieutenant discoursed a lot about prisoners and detention-camps. 1958 New Statesman 25 Jan. 93/1 The new governor, by..his dramatic gesture of a Christmas amnesty for 100 prisoners from the detention camps, has provided a much needed tonic. detention centre n. an institution in which young offenders are detained for short periods. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > place of detention or lock-up > for juveniles remand home1901 remand centre1937 detention centre1948 juvie1967 1948 Act 11 & 12 Geo. VI c. 58 §48 Detention centres, that is to say places in which persons not less than fourteen but under twenty-one years of age who are ordered to be detained in such centres under this Act may be kept for short periods under discipline suitable to persons of their age and description. 1961 Listener 19 Oct. 612/1 Mr. Sewell Stoke's talk on detention centres..paints a rosy picture of this comparatively new method of dealing with boys and young men of fourteen to twenty-one. detention money n. a sum of money held back until certain conditions are fulfilled. ΚΠ 1898 Westm. Gaz. 12 July 7/3 The Union rate of wages, overtime, and detention money are paid. 1902 Daily Chron. 27 Nov. 4/7 The cable contract detention money payable when the cables had proved satisfactory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1552
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