Hyphenation of detention

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word detention? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

de-ten-tion

Definitions of detention:

1.	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
2.	A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home The detention of tardy pupils

Synonyms of detention:

noun	hold, custody, confinement
noun	punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.