detention room
After-school holding area
A detention room is a space in a school where students serve detention—a punishment requiring them to remain after regular hours or during free periods.
The term emphasizes the physical space rather than the punishment itself: She sat alone in the detention room, staring at the clock.
Also called simply detention or detention hall.
- after schoolPeriod following classes
- stay behindRemain when others leave
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- afterschoolFollowing final bell
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
classroom · principal · troublemaker · suspension · timeout · time out · desk · silence · clock · boredom · lines · writing · walls · supervise · hallway · tardy · misbehavior · consequence
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- school facilitiesclassroom, gymnasium, cafeteria, auditorium, library
- border controlvisa requirements, passport control, guard, border crossing, border security
- punishment toolswhip, chains, shackles, rack, stocks
freedom of movement/activity
detention roomgymnasium
Indoor athletic facility
playground · sports field · recreation room · athletic field · game room
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