Detention and Flight

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Detention

Detention noun - The state of being held in lawful custody.
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Flight is an antonym for detention.
Nearby Words: detain, detente, detent

Flight

Flight noun - The act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement.
Usage example: a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt
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Detention is an antonym for flight.
Nearby Words: flighty, flighted, flightless, flighting
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ordinary ordinary detention ordinary flight
brief brief detention brief flight
routine routine detention routine flight
successful successful detention successful flight
Other adjectives: permanent, military.
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