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Noun retentiveness has 3 senses

• retentiveness(n = noun.cognition) memory, retention, retentivity - the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"
is a kind of faculty, mental faculty, module
has particulars: anamnesis, recollection, remembrance
Derived form adjective retentive₁

• retentiveness(n = noun.attribute) retentivity - the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired; Array
is a kind of acquisitiveness
Derived form adjective retentive₂

• retentiveness(n = noun.attribute) retention, retentivity - the power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil"
is a kind of impermeability, impermeableness
has particulars: urinary retention
Derived form adjective retentive₃

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retentiveness

Memory

N memory, remembrance, retention, retentiveness, tenacity, veteris vestigia flammae, tablets of the memory, readiness, reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration, recurrence, flashback, retrospect, retrospection, afterthought, post script, PS, suggestion, prompting, hint, reminder, remembrancer, flapper, memorial, commemoration, note, memo, memorandum, things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia, art of memory, artificial memory, memoria technica, mnemonics, mnemotechnics, phrenotypics, Mnemosyne, prompt-book, crib sheet, cheat sheet, retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection, perfect memory, total recall, celebrity, fame, renown, reputation, remembering, remembered, mindful, reminiscential, retained in the memory, pent up in one's memory, fresh, green, green in remembrance, unforgotten, present to the mind, within one's memory, indelible, uppermost in one's thoughts, memorable, by heart, by rote, without book, memoriter, in memory of, in memoriam, memoria in aeterna, suggestive, manet alta mente repostum, forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit, absens haeres non erit, beatae memoriae, briefly thyself remember, mendacem memorem esse oportet, memory the warder of the brain, parsque est meminisse doloris, to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die, vox audita peril littera scripta manet, out of sight, out of mind.

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