The act of retaining something.

synonyms: holding, keeping.

Roget 777: possession, seizin [Law], seisin [Law]; ownership etc. 780; occupancy; hold, holding; tenure, tenancy, feodality^†, dependency; villenage, villeinage^†; socage^†, chivalry, knight service.    exclusive possession, impropriation^†, monopoly, retention etc. 781; prepossession, preoccupancy^†; nine points of the law; corner, usucaption^†.    future possession, heritage, inheritance, heirship, reversion, fee, seigniority^†; primogeniture, ultimogeniture^†.    futures contract [right of future possession; financial instruments], warrant, put, call, option; right of first refusal.    bird in hand, uti possidetis [Lat.], chose in possession.    ... show more

Roget 781: retention; retaining etc. v.; keep, detention, custody; tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip.    fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum; bond etc. (vinculum) 45.    clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice.    paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf^†, neif^†.    bird in hand; captive etc. 754.    ... show more

Polish: retencja

The power of retaining and recalling past experience.

synonyms: memory, retentiveness, retentivity.

Roget 505: memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness; tenacity; veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.]; tablets of the memory; readiness.    reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration^†; recurrence, flashback; retrospect, retrospection.    afterthought, post script, PS.    suggestion etc. (information) 527; prompting etc. v.; hint, reminder; remembrancer^†, flapper; memorial etc. (record) 551; commemoration etc. (celebration) 883.    [written reminder] note, memo, memorandum; things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia.    art of memory, artificial memory; memoria technica [Lat.]; mnemonics, mnemotechnics^†; phrenotypics^†; Mnemosyne.    prompt-book; crib sheet, cheat sheet.    retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory^†, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection; perfect memory, total recall.    celebrity, fame, renown, reputation etc. (repute) 873.    ... show more

Dutch: geheugen, herinnering, herinneringsvermogen, memorie

The power of retaining liquid.

synonyms: retentiveness, retentivity.