Word Meanings - RETAINMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.

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• RETAINMENT
  The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
• RETAIN
  1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like. "Thy shape invisibleretain." Shak. Be obedient, and retain Unalterably firm his love entire. Milton. An executor
• RETENTION
  The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien. Erskine. Craig. Retention cyst , a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ
• RETAINABLE
  Capable of being retained.
• RETAINAL
  The act of retaining; retention.
• RETAINER
  1. One who, or that which, retains. 2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on. 3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. Cowell. 4. The act of a
• IRRETENTION
  Want of retaining power; forgetfulness. De Quincey.