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Is retention a Scrabble word?
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noun (English)
1. (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces.countableuncountable
2. (medicine) The length of time a patient remains in treatment.countableuncountable
3. (obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.Examples: "Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain Full character’d with lasting memory, […] That poor retention could not so much hold, Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score;"countableobsoleteuncountable
4. (obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.Examples: "His life I gave him, and did thereto add / My love without retention or restraint,"countableobsoleteuncountable
5. (obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.countableobsoleteuncountable
6. (law) 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.Examples: "The right of retention, which bears a near resemblance to compensation, is chiefly competent where the mutual debts, not being liquid, cannot be the ground of compensation"countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary