ita: detenzione

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Meaning
means	(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" detainment, hold, detention, custody
means	(noun) a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils" detention
means	(noun) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) internment, imprisonment
means	(noun) the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them confinement
means	(noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" apprehension, pinch, collar, taking into custody, arrest, catch
means	(noun) the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement" confinement
means	(noun) the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" immurement, incarceration, imprisonment, captivity
means	(noun) putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment imprisonment