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detention
Noun
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Detention is the act of detaining or the state of being detained.
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Detention is a temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.
facility
Noun
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A place's facilities are its rooms, equipment, and services.
Picnic, barbecue and playground facilities are located throughout the park.
The money helps to provide equipment and facilities for physical education.
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A facility is a building for a particular purpose, such as doing sport, policing, health care, etc., often a large public building.
He found that Houston neighborhoods had quality recreational facilities, a friendly environment and extra security.
The town now has the cleanest wastewater treatment facility in the state.
I hated the idea of putting my mother in a nursing facility.
I put most of what I owned to a storage facility, and moved to California.
The church has started operating an educational facility just off Highway 11.
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If you have a facility for something, you do it well or learn it easily.
Your son has a special facility for causing problems.
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The facilities is the washroom or toilet.
Excuse me, but may I used the facilities?