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  • Sarahundefined Offline
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    Ability to retain.

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    • Magaretundefined Offline
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      The continued possession, use, or control of something.

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      • Justin Bieberundefined Offline
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        The act of retaining or something retained

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          the power of retaining liquid

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            The act or power of remembering things

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              A memory, what is retained in the mind

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                Retention refers to the act of keeping or continuing to have something. This could be pertaining to information, skills, employees in a company, or customers in a business. It involves maintaining or preserving something so that it continues to be in use or possession.

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                  that which contains something, as a tablet; a //// of preserving impressions

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                    place of custody or confinement

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                    • Faizan Zahidundefined Offline
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                      rē-ten′shun, n. act or power of retaining: memory: restraint: custody: preservation: (med.) power of retaining, inability to void: (Scots law) a lien, the right of withholding a debt until a debt due to the claimant is paid.—n. Retent′, that which is retained.—adj. Reten′tive, having power to retain.—adv. Reten′tively.—ns. Reten′tiveness, Retentiv′ity; Reten′tor, a muscle which serves to retain an organ in place.—Magnetic retentiveness, coercive force.

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                        The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces

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