Detainment vs. Detention — What's the Difference?

To keep from proceeding; delay or retard

The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody

To keep in custody or confinement

The act of detaining.

(Archaic) To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example).

A period of temporary custody while awaiting trial.

The condition of being detained; detention.

A holding of a person in custody or confinement by authorities for political or military reasons.

Detention.

A form of punishment by which a student is made to stay after regular school hours.

(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.

(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.

(law) Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.

(pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.

(civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.

The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.

Confinement; restraint; custody.

A state of being confined (usually for a short time);

A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home;