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noun (n)

• the act of retaining something(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  holding, keeping
  

  source: wordnet30
• the power of retaining and recalling past experience(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  memory, retentiveness, retentivity
  

  source: wordnet30
• the power of retaining liquid(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  retentiveness, retentivity
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.(noun)

  source: webster1913