Another word for retention

retention Synonyms

retention

Custody
holding, withholding, reservation, detention; see custody 1, maintenance 1, preservation.
Memory
recall, recognition, recollection; see memory 1, remembrance 1.

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Of safety lay in their retention of office.
He settled the affair in his usual downright manner, telling the commissioners bluntly that they must take back their legitimate king, and refusing - perhaps with more questionable wisdom - to allow the retention of the tricolour flag,which to him was a "symbol of rebellion."
Cell in process of karyokinetic division with retention of the nucleolus during the division.
The retention by women in Europe of the tropical garb can be explained by the fact that her sphere has been mainly confined to the house, and her life has been less active than that of man; consequently the adoption of the arctic dress has been in her case less necessary.
The present structure dates, like many others in the principality, from Edward I., perhaps even from the plans of the architect of Carnarvon and Conway castles, but with the retention of old portions.

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