retention
The act of retaining or something retained.
Other meanings
The act or power of remembering things.
memory; what is retained in the mind.
Synonyms
- keeping
- holding
Related words
- bioretention
- gastroretention
- irretention
- nonretention
- overretention
- retentional
- retentionist
- retention tank
- colour retention agent
- retention basin
- deposit interest retention tax
- hydraulic retention time
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "retentiō" (retentiō, retentiōnis).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “retention” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.