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Dutch
Etymology
From Latin retentio (perhaps via French rétention), itself from retinere 'to retain, remember' (from re- 're-, again' + -tinere, the compound variation of tenere 'to keep, hold').
Pronunciation
Noun
retentie f (plural retenties, diminutive retentietje n)
- (law) the retention, act of retaining something rather than returning it
- (history) the confiscation of a fief by the feudal lord
- a remembrance, (retention in) memory
- the abilty retentiveness, to retain, to remember
- the inability to secrete a substance, notably as a medical condition or concerning a delay in the passage of water
- the preservation of the shape of (a corrected set of) teeth
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French
Participle
retentie f sg
- feminine singular of retenti