Crossword-Solution: RETENTION
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Retention | n. | The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined. |
| Retention | n. | The power of retaining; retentiveness. |
| Retention | n. | That which contains something, as a tablet; a //// of preserving impressions. |
| Retention | n. | The act of withholding; retraint; reserve. |
| Retention | n. | Place of custody or confinement. |
| Retention | n. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RETENTION | anagram | ENTERINTO |
We have 25 clues for the answer “RETENTION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Not entire (anag.) | 1 answer |
| What many tests measure | 1 answer |
| The act of keeping | 1 answer |
| Memory or lien | 1 answer |
| Memorizing aim | 1 answer |
| GOOD memory | 1 answer |
| Continuance in use. | 1 answer |
| Ability to remember | 1 answer |
| retaining | 2 answers |
| retainment | 6 answers |
| uncommunicativeness | 6 answers |
| keeping back | 7 answers |
| Handhold | 9 answers |
| A LIEN HOLDER | 10 answers |
| muteness | 10 answers |
| foothold | 10 answers |
| Shyness? | 16 answers |
| Memory | 18 answers |
| repression | 26 answers |
| Reticence | 28 answers |
| ABSORPTION ___ | 46 answers |
| Maintenance | 51 answers |
| Recall | 68 answers |
| Grasp | 73 answers |
| Reserve | 95 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with RETENTION (5)
Example: the retention of octal as default base for string escapes in {C}, in spite of the better match of hexadecimal to ASCII and modern byte-addressable architectures.
Cyr and his family fought inch by inch for the retention of those privileges which had placed them socially above their fellow-men.
His great estates in Uziri had claimed much of his time and attention, and there he had found ample field for the practical use and retention of his almost superhuman powers; but naked and unarmed to do battle with the shaggy, bull-necked beast that now confronted him was a test that the ape-man would scarce have welcomed at any period of his wild existence.
The idea of the will, which would give an obvious motive for the crime, the secret visit unknown to his own parents, the retention of the stick, the blood, and the animal remains and buttons in the wood-pile, all were admirable.
She did not, from motives of self-respect, make known the extremity of her need; nor did she mention the condition of her health, as it might have been used as an argument against her retention.
Quotes with RETENTION (3)
Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.
Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.
I spilled my cup of coffee straight onto my crotch. Superior heat retention has its drawbacks. I grimaced as the scalding liquid reached ground zero, but as I did my best to angle my jeans away from the Resnick family's last hope, my seatmate decided to dispose of her hoodie. I juggled two pressing needs:1) Protect the nethers.2) Leer
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1946–2013).