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retention
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)
- 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.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, II. iv. 95:
- The act or power of remembering things
- A memory; what is retained in the mind
- (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
- (medicine) The length of time an individual remains in treatment
- (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;
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 122,[1]
- (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,
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, V. i. 79:
- (obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
- (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
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backwardness
English
Etymology
backward +? -ness
Noun
backwardness (plural backwardnesses)
- The state of being backward.
- reluctance.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:backwardness.
Translations
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