Definitions For Detention
noun
- A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
- A state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- The act of keeping someone in a prison or similar place
- The state of being kept in a prison or similar place
- A punishment in which a student is required to stay at school after the rest of the students have left
Is Detentions a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
13
The word Detention is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Detention in a Sentence
- The detention of suspected terrorists
- The jail is only used for brief detentions.
- They both got three detentions this year.
Synonyms for Detention
Antonyms for Detentions
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