Definition for Retention:

• 1. The keeping in the body of what normally belongs there, especially the retaining of food and drink in the stomach. 2. The keeping in the body of what normally should be discharged, as urine or feces. 3. Keeping in mind; memory.

Synonyms for Retention:

• n.

  •
  • long-term memory,
  • flashback,
  • flood,
  • nostalgia,
  • short-term memory,
  • Photographic Memory.
  •
  • quit,
  • bow out,
  • resign,
  • step aside,
  • retire,
  • stand-down,
  • give/hand in (your) notice,
  • hand in your notice/resignation,
  • vacate,
  • leave.
  •
  • complication,
  • aetiology,
  • crisis,
  • hallucination,
  • dehydration,
  • etiology,
  • pathology,
  • perforation,
  • discharge,
  • chill.
  •
  • in escrow.
  •absorption (noun)
  • in halation,
  • in-halations,
  • in halations,
  • drinking ins,
  • in takes,
  • in-takes,
  • impregnations,
  • in-halation,
  • in take,
  • imbibings,
  • in-take,
  • taking ins,
  • soaking ups.
  •attribute (noun)
  • retentiveness,
  • retentivity,
  • retention.
  •capacity (noun)
  • ex tents,
  • pro portion,
  • pro portions,
  • holding abilities,
  • ex tent,
  • ex-tent,
  • pro-portions,
  • ex-tents,
  • holding powers,
  • standing room onlies,
  • pro-portion.
  •custody (noun)
  • custody,
  • confinement,
  • engagement,
  • reservation,
  • grasp,
  • maintenance,
  • withholding,
  • Detainment,
  • holding,
  • conservation.
  •detention (noun)
  • de-lay,
  • arrestations,
  • holding pens,
  • with holdings,
  • with holding,
  • time up river,
  • de-lays,
  • de lays,
  • holding backs,
  • keeping ins,
  • immurements,
  • de lay,
  • time river,
  • with-holding,
  • time the river,
  • with-holdings.
  •possession (noun)
  • Proprietaries,
  • proprietary rights,
  • proprietary,
  • possession,
  • possessorship.
  •retention (noun)
  • keeping.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • distribution,
  • escape.
  •
  • pack rat,
  • warehousing.

Paraphrases for Retention:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    water-holding, holddown, conserved, retainage, preservative, retained, conserving.
  • Proper noun, singular
    reservoirs, forfeitures, Publications, safeguards, lignes, usages, headings, rows, TBS, retaining, withholding, Maintaining, reservation, reservations, retainage, retained, holding, retainer, conserving.
  • Noun, plural
    agreements, exhibitions, sites, trends, preservatives, detainees, landowners, Areas, Missions, Habitats, Clients, Fisheries, users, limits, quotas, peacekeepers, threats, Duties, handholds, kinds, forfeitures, reservations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    containment, retaining, persistence, withholding, permanence, continuance, non-return, Maintaining, internment, subjection, reservation, shelf-life, retainage, preservative, trapping, perpetuation, permanency, enforcement, retained, fastening, holding, record-keeping, retainer, safekeeping, self-restraint, tether, removal, conserving.
  • Verb, past tense
    Measures, conserved.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    sealing, withholding, holding, conserving.
  • Verb, past participle
    sequestered, safeguarded, Upheld, formed, kidnapped, conserved, retained.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    recognizes, keeps, reservations.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    retention-of-title, retain.
  • Proper noun, singular
    preservation, retain, detention.
  • Noun, plural
    detentions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    preservation, retain, impoundment, confiscation, detention.
  • Verb, past tense
    detention, retained.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    retaining, Maintaining.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    retains.

Antonyms for Retention:

• n.

  • custody
    freedom, liberation.
  • keeping
    ignorance.
  • memory
    forgetfulness.

Retention Sentence Examples:

• There was an overwhelming majority in favor of its retention by Poland.

• He held her still by the hand, not with a grasp of love, but with a retention which implied his will that she should not pass away from out of his power.

Homophones for Retention:

• radio antenna, Red Indian.

Hypernym for Retention:

• n.

  • attribute
    urinary retention.

Hyponym for Retention:

• n.

  • attribute
    impermeability, impermeableness.