Retention
[rɪ'tenʃ(ə)n] or [rɪ'tɛnʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.
(n.) The power of retaining; retentiveness.
(n.) That which contains something, as a tablet; a //// of preserving impressions.
(n.) The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.
(n.) Place of custody or confinement.
(n.) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Reservation, holding, keeping, retaining, detention.[2]. Maintenance, preservation, conservation.
Checker: Quincy
Definition
n. act or power of retaining: memory: restraint: custody: preservation: (med.) power of retaining inability to void: (Scots law) a lien the right of withholding a debt until a debt due to the claimant is paid.—n. Retent′ that which is retained.—adj. Reten′tive having power to retain.—adv. Reten′tively.—ns. Reten′tiveness Retentiv′ity; Reten′tor a muscle which serves to retain an organ in place.—Magnetic retentiveness coercive force.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- Retention of capacity to grow is the reward of such intellectual hospitality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Open-mindedness means retention of the childlike attitude; closed-mindedness means premature intellectual old age. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- On the other hand, the mind has certain ready powers, attention, observation, retention, comparison, abstraction, compounding, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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