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  2. Grade retention - Wikipedia

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    Grade retention or grade repetition is the process of a student repeating a grade after failing the previous year.. In the United States of America, grade retention can be used in kindergarten through to third grade; however, students in high school are usually only retained in the specific failed subject.

  3. Detention (imprisonment) - Wikipedia

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    Man with his hands bound behind his back, detained in Brasília. Any form of imprisonment where a person's freedom of liberty is removed can be classed as detention, although the term is often associated with persons who are being held without warrant or charge before any have been raised.

  4. Captivity - Wikipedia

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    Captivity, or being held captive, is a state wherein humans or other animals are confined to a particular space and prevented from leaving or moving freely. An example in humans is imprisonment. Prisoners of war are usually held in captivity by a government hostile to their own. Animals are held in captivity in zoos, and often as pets and as ...

  5. Retard (pejorative) - Wikipedia

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    In typical usage, retard is a pejorative term either for someone with an actual mental disability, or for someone who is considered stupid, slow to understand, or ineffective in some way as a comparison to stereotypical traits perceived in those with mental disabilities. [1]

  6. Habeas corpus - Wikipedia

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    Habeas corpus (/ ˈ h eɪ b i ə s ˈ k ɔːr p ə s / ⓘ; from Medieval Latin, lit. ' you should have the body ') [1] is an equitable remedy [2] by which a report can be made to a court alleging the unlawful detention or imprisonment of an individual, and requesting that the court order the individual's custodian (usually a prison official) to bring the prisoner to court, to determine ...

  7. Pre-trial detention - Wikipedia

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    The pre-charge detention period is the period of time during which an individual can be held and questioned by police, prior to being charged with an offence. [5] Not all countries have such a concept, and in those that do, the period for which a person may be detained without charge varies by jurisdiction.

  8. Solitary confinement - Wikipedia

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    Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single cell with little or no contact with other people. It is a punitive tool used within the prison system to discipline or separate incarcerated individuals who are considered to be security risks to other incarcerated individuals or prison staff, as well as those who violate facility rules or are ...

  9. Stab-in-the-back myth - Wikipedia

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    However, they also highlighted that the German Class of 1920 (i.e., the class of young men due to be conscripted in 1920 under normal circumstances, but called up early) was being held back as an additional reserve and would be absorbed into German divisions in the winter of 1918 if the war continued.