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Noun: retention  ri'tenshun
  1. The act of retaining something
    - keeping, holding
     
  2. The power of retaining and recalling past experience
    - memory, retentiveness, retentivity
     
  3. The power of retaining liquid
    - retentiveness, retentivity

Derived forms: retentions

See also: retain, retentive

Type of: faculty, impermeability, impermeableness, mental faculty, module, ownership, possession

Encyclopedia: Retention

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