weekend detention

School discipline Saturdays

Weekend detention is a disciplinary measure, typically in schools, requiring students to spend part of their Saturday or Sunday on campus as punishment for misconduct.

It disrupts leisure time without removing students from regular classes: He got weekend detention for fighting in the hallway.

The term also applies to short-term jail stays served on weekends, allowing offenders to maintain employment during the week.

SaturdaySeventh weekday
Saturday schoolWeekend academic session
punishmentPenalty for an offense
schoolPlace of instruction
disciplineTrained self-control or specialty

study hall · library · silence · boredom · essay · writing lines · lines · supervision · troublemaker · in trouble · principal · vice principal · consequences · Breakfast Club · after school · afterschool · confinement · rebel

Categories

custodychild custody, joint custody, custody agreement, custody schedule, custody evaluation
paroleparole eligibility, parolee, supervised release, conditional release, early release
sentencessimple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, declarative, interrogative

Opposites

severity of school discipline

weekend detentionexpulsion

Forced permanent removal

verbal warning · suspension · written warning · out-of-school suspension · in-school suspension

reward vs. punishment

weekend detentionacademic award

Recognition for educational achievement

dean's list · scholarship · extra credit · commendation · free period

time usage

weekend detentionleisure time

Unscheduled waking hours

school holiday · spring break

Family

weekend, detention, week, detain, weekends, weekday, weekdays, weeknight, ending

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G