What is "retention" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does retention mean in English? Meaning of retention definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "retention" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "retention": the act of retaining something

Noun

  • Meaning: the act of retaining something
  • Synonyms: holding keeping retention
  • Hyponyms: storage withholding
  • Hypernyms: ownership possession
  • Meaning of "retention": the power of retaining and recalling past experience

    Noun

  • Meaning: the power of retaining and recalling past experience
  • Example: he had a good memory when he was younger
  • Synonyms: memory retention retentiveness retentivity
  • Hyponyms: anamnesis recollection remembrance
  • Hypernyms: faculty mental faculty module
  • Meaning of "retention": the power of retaining liquid

    Noun

  • Meaning: the power of retaining liquid
  • Example: moisture retentivity of soil
  • Synonyms: retention retentiveness retentivity
  • Hyponyms: urinary retention
  • Hypernyms: impermeability impermeableness
  • Synonyms:

    withholding, detention, detainment, confinement, holding, reservation, remembrance, recall, recollection, recognition, retentiveness, remembering, recall, recollection, holding, memory, recognition,

    Antonyms:

    liberation, freedom, forgetfulness, forgetfulness, ignorance,

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    retention in English: retention
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