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retentiveness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retentiveness \Re*ten"tive*ness\, n. The quality of being retentive. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: retentiveness n 1: the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger" [syn: {memory}, {retention}] 2: the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired 3: the power of retaining liquid: "moisture retentivity of soil" [syn: {retentivity}, {retention}]
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