| NOUN | cognition | retentiveness, memory, retention, retentivity | the power of retaining and recalling past experience |
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| attribute | retentiveness, retentivity | the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired | |
| attribute | retentiveness, retentivity, retention | the power of retaining liquid |
| Meaning | The power of retaining and recalling past experience. | |
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| Synonyms | memory, retention, retentivity | |
| Narrower | remembrance, recollection, anamnesis | The ability to recall past occurrences |
| Broader | faculty, mental faculty, module | One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind |
| Spanish | memoria, retentiva | |
| Catalan | memòria, retentiva | |
| Adjectives | retentive | good at remembering |
| Meaning | The property of retaining possessions that have been acquired. | |
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| Synonym | retentivity | |
| Broader | acquisitiveness | Strong desire to acquire and possess |
| Adjectives | retentive | having the capacity to retain something |
| Meaning | The power of retaining liquid. | |
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| Synonyms | retentivity, retention | |
| Narrower | urinary retention | holding urine in the urinary bladder |
| Broader | impermeability, impermeableness | The property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid / liquid |
| Spanish | retención, retenimiento | |
| Catalan | retenció | |
| Adjectives | retentive | having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water |
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