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— English words —

• retention n. The act of retaining or something retained.
• retention n. The act or power of remembering things.
• retention n. A memory; what is retained in the mind.
• retention n. (Medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces.
• retention n. (Medicine) The length of time an individual remains in treatment.
• retention n. (Obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
• retention n. (Obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
• retention n. (Obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
• retention n. (Law) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming…
• retention n. (Insurance) The portion of a potential damange that must be paid for by the holder of an insurance policy.

— English word, defined in French —

• retention n. Rétention.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• retention s. Conservazione.
• retention s. Preservazione.
• retention s. (Raro) ritenuta.
• retention s. Il trattenere.
• retention s. L’essere trattenuto.
• retention s. Memoria.
• retention s. Ritentiva.

— In German —

• Retention S. Allgemein: Zurückhaltung, (veraltet auch: Zurückbehaltung).
• Retention S. Medizin: Zurückhaltung von auszuscheidenden Stoffen im Körper…
• Retention S. Medizin: Ruhigstellung (zum Beispiel mittels Gipsverbandes)…
• Retention S. Medizin: Fehlerhafte oder mangelhafte Organentwicklung.
• Retention S. Philosophie: Vermögen sich an etwas zu erinnern.
• Retention S. Ingenieurbau: Rückhalt von Regenwasser, um Hochwasserspitzen…

— In French —

• rétention n.f. Action de retenir.
• rétention n.f. Réservation.
• rétention n.f. (Justice) Action qui a pour but de retenir, de conserver.
• rétention n.f. (Médecine) Accumulation d’un liquide destiné à être évacué…
• rétention n.f. (Psychologie) Fait d’être tourné vers le passé.

58 English words from 10 English definitions

act and claiming confinement contains custody debt due due␣to faeces for holder impressions individual insurance insurance␣policy involuntary Law length means Medicine memory mind must Obsolete of␣a of␣an or␣something paid person place policy portion potential power preserving property remains remembering reserve restraint retained retaining right something tablet that the things time to␣the treatment until urine what which withhold withholding

13 English words from 19 foreign definitions

Accumulation Action but conserver Fait Justice Memoria passé Philosophie pour Raro sich vers

39 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

Allgemein auch auszuscheidenden Beispiel Conservazione destiné erinnern essere être etwas évacué Fehlerhafte Gipsverbandes Hochwasserspitzen Körper liquide mangelhafte Médecine Medizin mittels oder Preservazione Psychologie qui Regenwasser Réservation retenir Rétention ritenuta Rückhalt Stoffen tourné trattenuto veraltet Vermögen von zum zum␣Beispiel Zurückhaltung

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

retentions retentional retentionist retention␣line retention␣tank retention␣lines retention␣tanks

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

pretentions bioretentions colour␣retention␣agent colour␣retention␣agents

6 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

pretention irretention bioretention nonretention overretention gastroretention

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ent ENT -ent ent- ion Ion -ion ret Ret. rete retent ten TEN tent tent. tio Tio tion -tion

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ITN net Net NET .NET NOI noit OIt OIT ter TER ter-

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

enter␣into intertone tontineer

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

interonset pretention retentions rontgenite tenoritone tontineers torrentine

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

internet Internet renitent tenorite tontiner Trentino

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

detention remention retection

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