Retention [ri-ten-shuhn]  

Retention

  [ri-ten-shuhn]
Retention can have the following meanings:

  • Retention basin, instance retaining (e.g. water in the ground)
  • In learning: it is the ability to retain facts and figures in memory (spaced repetition)
  • Grade retention, in schools, keeping a student in the same grade for another year (that is, not promoting the student to the next higher grade with his/her classmates)
  • Retention period, in Usenet, the time a news server holds a newsgroup posting before deleting it as no longer relevant
  • Judicial retention, in the United States court system, a process whereby a judge is periodically subject to a vote in order to remain in the position of judge
  • Urinary retention, the lack or inability to urinate
  • Employment retention, the ability to keep employees within an organization

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