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retention
/ rɪˈtɛnʃən /
noun
- the act of retaining or state of being retained
- the capacity to hold or retain liquid
- the capacity to remember
- pathol the abnormal holding within the body of urine, faeces, etc, that are normally excreted
- commerce a sum of money owed to a contractor but not paid for an agreed period as a safeguard against any faults found in the work carried out
- plural accounting profits earned by a company but not distributed as dividends; retained earnings
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Other Words From
- nonre·tention noun
- over·re·tention noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of retention1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of retention1
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Example Sentences
A citizens group, Kansans for Justice, has sprung up as well to oppose retention of Justices Lee Johnson and Eric Rosen.
This being Monty Python, the answer should have been obvious—their memories are no more; their line retention has ceased to be.
From 2009, News International has run an ‘email deletion’ or ‘data retention’ policy as do many companies.
According to the enlightened celeb, “I don't particularly gain water; I don't have water retention.”
But this was an element of Jeff that I understood; his mimicry and his retention for music and melody.
Should the fluid contain food-particles, it is probably the result of retention, not hypersecretion.
In due course the news came that the date of voting in the Senate for or against the retention of the Islands was fixed.
Memory, which implies a former conscious experience, its retention, revival and recognition.
This was rejected; and the lords, when the bill returned to them, did not insist upon its retention.
Did he say he was innocent, or did he just have this conversation with respect to the retention of a counsel?
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