Definition of "retention"

retention

/ɹɪˈtɛnʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural retentions
1. The act of retaining or something retained
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  No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention.
  c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene iv], page 95
2. The act or power of remembering things
3. A memory; what is retained in the mind
4. (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
5. (medicine) The length of time an individual remains in treatment
6. (obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
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  Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brainFull 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”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley
7. (obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
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  His life I gave him, and did thereto add / My love without retention or restraint,
  c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene i], page 79
8. (obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
9. (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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  The right of retention, which bears a near resemblance to compensation, is chiefly competent where the mutual debts, not being liquid, cannot be the ground of compensation
  1754, John Erskine of Carnock, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
10. (insurance) The portion of a potential damage that must be paid for by the holder of an insurance policy.

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