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Webster 1913 Edition

Retent

Re-tent′

,
Noun.
[L.
retentum
, fr.
retentus
, p. p. See
Retain
.]
That which is retained.
Hickok.

Webster 1828 Edition

Retent

RETENT'

,
Noun.
That which is retained.

Definition 2024

retent

retent

English

Noun

retent ‎(plural retents)

  1. That which is retained.
    • Laurens Perseus Hickok, Empirical Psychology: Or, The Science of Mind from Experience
      The retent, when known, stands before us as if reflected and inverted in a mirror, the nearest events in the past being this way the nearest as actually remembered.

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Verb

retent

  1. present participle of retre

Etymology

From Latin retentum, from retentus, past participle. See retain.

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