Antonyms for Retention
rɪˈtɛn ʃənre·ten·tion

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.2 / 9 votes

1. retention, keeping, holdingnoun

   the act of retaining something

   Synonyms:
   property, memory, retentiveness, keeping, guardianship, belongings, safekeeping, holding, retentivity, retention

2. memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivitynoun

   the power of retaining and recalling past experience

   "he had a good memory when he was younger"

   Synonyms:
   memory, computer memory, retention, keeping, store, retentiveness, holding, retentivity, computer storage, memory board, storage, remembering

3. retentiveness, retentivity, retentionnoun

   the power of retaining liquid

   "moisture retentivity of soil"

   Synonyms:
   memory, keeping, retentivity, retention, retentiveness, holding

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.8 / 5 votes

1. attrition

   Submitted by acronimous on May 26, 2014  

How to use Retention in a sentence?

1. Nicole Schwegman:

   The Department does not manipulate military recruiting data, as part of achieving their End-strength objectives, the Services set their own recruitment goals and will make adjustment to those goals based upon Service retention rates, separation rates, and attrition.

2. Marije Jongsma:

   Bonded retainers are very commonly used and are a very effective form of retention, since the retainers usually stay in place for an extended period of time, it is very important to find a way to minimize these adverse effects.

3. Collin Chan:

   If you don't have a plan [for risk retention] at this point, investors will be worried managers are going to go away, that is a primary driver of our 25% lower forecast next year.

4. Del Cueto:

   Retaining agents is more important than hiring more agents, what the agency is doing right now for retention is nothing.

5. Julie Chung:

   Recruitment is the easy part, retention and promotion to senior levels is still lacking and where we need to put in the work.

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