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Words related to retaining
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memory
the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences. -
retention
the act of retaining. -
abridge
to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting -
agrammatism
a type of aphasia, usually caused by cerebral disease, characterized by an inability to construct a grammatical or intelligible sentence while retaining the ability to speak single words. -
ballistic pendulum
a device consisting of a large mass hung from a horizontal bar by two rods, used to measure the velocity of an object, as a bullet, by retaining the object upon impact, its velocity being a function of the displacement of the mass. -
bigamy
Bigamy is the crime of marrying a person when you are already legally married to someone else.