'Retention' definitions:
Definition of 'retention'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
The power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger" [syn: memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity]
noun
The power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil" [syn: retentiveness, retentivity, retention]
Definition of 'Retention'
From: GCIDE
- Retention \Re*ten"tion\, n. [L. retentio: cf. F. r['e]tention. See Retain.]
- 1. The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The power of retaining; retentiveness. [1913 Webster]
- No woman's heart So big, to hold so much; they lack retention. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which contains something, as a tablet; a ???? of preserving impressions. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The act of withholding; retraint; reserve. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Place of custody or confinement. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Law) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien. --Erskine. Craig. [1913 Webster]
- Retention cyst (Med.), a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retention'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnegation,
- adhesiveness,
- bullheadedness,
- camera-eye,
- cohesiveness,
- consistency,
- contradiction,
- declension,
- declination,
- declinature,
- declining,
- denial,
- deprivation,
- disagreement,
- disallowance,
- disclaimer,
- disclamation,
- disobedience,
- dissent,
- eidetic memory,
- gluiness,
- glutinosity,
- gumminess,
- holding back,
- memory span,
- nay,
- negation,
- negative,
- negative answer,
- nix,
- no,
- nonacceptance,
- noncompliance,
- nonconsent,
- nonobservance,
- obstinacy,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- photographic memory,
- recantation,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- repudiation,
- retentive memory,
- retentiveness,
- retentivity,
- snugness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stickiness,
- stubbornness,
- tackiness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- thumbs-down,
- tightness,
- total memory,
- total recall,
- toughness,
- turndown,
- unwillingness,
- viscidity,
- viscosity,
- withholding