retention
Meaning of retention
- The act of retaining or something retained
- The act or power of remembering things
- A memory; what is retained in the mind
- The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
- The length of time an individual remains in treatment
- That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
- The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
- A place of custody or confinement.
- The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
Information about retention
- It is a name.
- The plural form of retention is: retentions.
- Languages in which retention is used:
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Hyphenation of retention
re-ten-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- retention is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
retention synonyms
Meaning keeping:
Meaning memory:
memory, retentiveness, retentivity
Meaning retentiveness:
Anagrams of retention
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