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1. (n.) retention
the act of retaining or the state of being retained.
2. retention
the power to retain; capacity for retaining.
3. retention
the act or power of remembering things; memory.
Etymology: (1350–1400; retencion < L retentiō holding back <reten-, var. s. of retinēre to retain)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) retention, keeping, holding
the act of retaining something
2. (noun) memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
"he had a good memory when he was younger"
3. (noun) retentiveness, retentivity, retention
the power of retaining liquid
"moisture retentivity of soil"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Retention
the act of retaining, or the state of being ratined
2. (noun) Retention
the power of retaining; retentiveness
3. (noun) Retention
that which contains something, as a tablet; a //// of preserving impressions
4. (noun) Retention
the act of withholding; retraint; reserve
5. (noun) Retention
place of custody or confinement
6. (noun) Retention
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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Sense: the act of retaining
the retention of information.
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 Afrikaans: onthouvermoë |
 Arabic: إحْتِفاظ، إحْتِجاز |
 Bulgarian: задържане |
 Brazilian: retenção |
 Czech: zadržování |
 German: das Zurückhalten |
 Danish: bevarelse |
 Greek: συγκράτηση, παρακράτηση |
 Spanish: retención |
 Estonian: säilitamine |
 Farsi: نگه داری |
 Finnish: pidätys |
 French: conservation |
 Hebrew: שְׁמִירָה |
 Hindi: रोक रखना, याददाश्त |
 Croatian: pamćenje, zadržavanje |
 Hungarian: visszatartás |
 Indonesian: penahanan |
 Icelandic: varðveisla; minni |
 Italian: il trattenere |
 Japanese: 保持 |
 Korean: 보유 |
 Lithuanian: išlaikymas, sulaikymas |
 Latvian: saglabāšana; paturēšana |
 Malay: penahanan |
 Dutch: het vasthouden, behoud |
 Norwegian: detå holde på; hukommelse |
 Polish: powstrzymanie |
 Persian: نگه داری |
 Pashto: ساتنه مافظه ،خوندى كول، ن |
 Portuguese: retenção |
 Romanian: reţinere, păstrare |
 Russian: удерживание |
 Slovak: zadržanie |
 Slovenian: ohranitev |
 Serbian: zadržavanje |
 Swedish: kvarhållande |
 Thai: การเก็บรักษา |
 Turkish: akılda tutma, saklama, ha |
 Taiwanese: 保有，扣留，滯留 |
 Ukrainian: збереження |
 Urdu: قبضے میں رکھنے کی قوت |
 Vietnamese: sự giữ lại |
 Chinese: 保持力，保留，拦阻 |
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