Retention

[Sarah]

The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property untila debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien.Erskine. Craig. Retention cyst (Med.), a cyst produced by obstructionof a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retentionof the natural secretions.

[Sarah]

In general, from the Latin, it means holding

[Sarah]

Ability to retain.

[Magaret]

The continued possession, use, or control of something.

[Justin Bieber]

The act of retaining or something retained

[Lanell]

the power of retaining liquid

[DanielDiems]

The act or power of remembering things

[Donald Trump]

A memory, what is retained in the mind

[Couch Potatoe]

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.

[Vania]

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

[SpraVkina]

place of custody or confinement

[Faizan Zahid]

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.

[Donald Trump]

The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces