To make one's own decisions without outside interference.

(law) a court order authorising the detention of a person following his arrest or pending any procedural activity (interrogation, examination, trial, etc.).

(railways) A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train, laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until the entire train has passed the switch.

plural of detector bar

In a way that can be detected.

holding cell.

plural of detention cell

plural of youth detention centre

(informal) A supposed innate ability to identify sarcasm.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detechnicalize