retentiveness

Noun	1.	retentiveness - the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger" retention, memory faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind recollection, remembrance, anamnesis - the ability to recall past occurrences
	2.	retentiveness - the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired acquisitiveness - strong desire to acquire and possess
	3.	retentiveness - the power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil" retentivity, retention impermeability, impermeableness - the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid urinary retention - holding urine in the urinary bladder; "he has a problem with urinary retention"

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