retention.

The continued holding or keeping of something rather than losing or releasing it.

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Words that belong together

• staff retention
• memory retention

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The new mentoring scheme improved staff retention.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: moderately common.