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retentive

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Synonyms: resentive, attentive, receptive, retention, intentive, preventive, ententive, detective, rejective, unretentive, refective

Antonyms: resentive, attentive, receptive, retention, intentive, preventive, ententive, detective, rejective, unretentive, refective

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Adjective

  1. Having power to [[retain]].
  2. {{lb|en|slang, [[apocope]]}} [[anal-retentive|Anal-retentive]].

Noun

  1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} That which retains or confines; a restraint.

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