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detention meaning in Gujarati

અટકાયત

/dɪˈtɛnʃn̩/

detention in Gujarati: અટકાયત. In English, detention means the act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.

Gujarati words for detention

અટકાયત

English meaning of detention

  1. noun The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.
  2. noun Confinement of a prisoner awaiting trial.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.

Full definition of detention

detention in a sentence

  • be stuck in detention

Synonyms of detention

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Questions about detention in Gujarati

What is the meaning of detention in Gujarati?
Detention in Gujarati is અટકાયત.
detention નો ગુજરાતી અર્થ શું છે?
Detention: અટકાયત.
What does detention mean in English?
Detention means the act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.

Source and license

Gujarati words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “detention”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: detention (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Gujarati words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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