Retention

{{Wiktionary|retention|retain}} '''Retention''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}

== General == * Recall (memory), in learning, the ability to recall facts and figures in memory * Memory and retention in learning * Selective retention * Cultural retention * Customer retention * University student retention * Employee retention, the ability to keep employees within an organization * Forced retention * Grade retention, in schools, keeping a student in the same grade for another year (that is, not promoting the student to the next higher grade with their classmates) *Retention or retainage of an agreed portion of a contract price until project completion * Retention basin * Retention election, in the United States court system, a process whereby a judge is periodically subject to a vote in order to remain in the position of judge * Retention rate * Retention ratio, in company earnings * Retention of vision, in magic * Water retention (medicine), abnormal accumulation of fluid in the body * Urinary retention, the lack or inability to urinate * Variable retention, in land management and forestry conservation

==Information and records== * Retention (news server), in Usenet, the time a news server holds a newsgroup posting before deleting it as no longer relevant * Data retention, in law and computing ** Data retention (telecommunication) * Retention period, of a document, in records management * Retention of title clause, in law

==Chemistry== * Retention agent, a process chemical * Carbon dioxide retention * Retention of configuration, in chemical reactions * ER retention, proteins retained in the endoplasmic reticulum after folding * Retention factor

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