The act of retaining or something retained.
No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention.
The act or power of remembering things.
Memory; what is retained in the mind.
"Still," Suit echoed. "The way she handles the gun jamming." Suit shook their head in admiration. "Tap, rack, bang, without hesitation. That's extraordinary retention."
From Middle English retencioun, borrowed from Latin retentiō, retentiōnis, from retentus, the perfect passive participle of retineō (“retain”) (from re- (“back, again”) + teneō (“hold, keep”)).
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