a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"
directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
retarded in intellectual development
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"
exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"
with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"
cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice"
full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41
a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"
the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching"
a procession of people walking together; "the march went up Fifth Avenue"
the month following February and preceding April
walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride; "He marched into the classroom and announced the exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border"
march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"
force to march; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria"
cause to march or go at a marching pace; "They marched the mules into the desert"
inhabit or live in; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"
originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"