Noun

(en noun)

(label) Restriction.

# The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation; exception.

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# Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.

# A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.

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# A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

# (label) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US (reservation).)

# (label) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

# (label) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.

# Wine held back and aged before being sold.

(label) Something initially kept back for later use in a recreation.

# (label) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.

# (label) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of retaining or something retained

* 1599 , , II. iv. 95:

No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention .

The act or power of remembering things

A memory; what is retained in the mind

(medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces

(obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.

(Shakespeare)

(obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.

* 1599 , , V. i. 79:

His life I gave him, and did thereto add / My love without retention or restraint,

(obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.

(legal) 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.

(Erskine)

(Craig)