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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???te?n??/
• Hyphenation: re?tain?ing
• Rhymes: -e?n??

Adjective

retaining (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

Verb

retaining

1. present participle of retain

Noun

retaining (plural retainings)

1. The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.
   • 1989, John Malcolm William Bean, From Lord to Patron: Lordship in Late Medieval England (page 212)

     All retainings by indenture before that date were declared null and void 'other than to be the household servant or officer or of his [the lord's] council for lawful service done or to be done'.

Anagrams

• e-training

English

Etymology

From Middle English retencioun, borrowed from Latin retenti?, retenti?nis, from retentus, the perfect passive participle of retine? (“retain”) (from re- (“back, again”) + tene? (“hold, keep”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?n??n/

Noun

retention (countable and uncountable, plural retentions)

1. The act of retaining or something retained
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, II. iv. 95:

     No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention.

2. The act or power of remembering things
3. A memory; what is retained in the mind
4. (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
5. (medicine) The length of time an individual remains in treatment
6. (obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 122,^[1]

     Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain

     Full character’d with lasting memory,

     […]

     That poor retention could not so much hold,

     Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score;

7. (obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, V. i. 79:

     His life I gave him, and did thereto add / My love without retention or restraint,

8. (obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
9. (law) 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.

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Derived terms

• retention tank

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• enter into, intertone, tontineer