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Retainement vs Retention - What's the difference?

retainement | retention |

Retainement is likely misspelled.


Retainement has no English definition.

As a noun retention is

the act of retaining or something retained.

retainement

Not English

Retainement has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'retainement':

redimension, retainment, reattainment

retention

English

(wikipedia retention)

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)

    Related terms

    * retentive * retentiveness * retentivity * retentor

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