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noun (n)

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

  Synonym:
  memory, retention, retentivity
  

  source: wordnet30
• the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  retentivity
  

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

  Synonym:
  retention, retentivity
  

  source: wordnet30
• The quality of being retentive.(noun)

  source: webster1913