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Retention

nounid 118789·updated Aug 30, 2026
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A phase of the data life cycle that pertains to how long an entity stores information for future use or reference.

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Process75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
holdingkeepingmemoryretentivenessretentivity
plural
Retentions
possessive
Retention's
pluralpossessive
Retentions'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
the act of retaining something
§2
the power of retaining liquid
§3
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
TSP Section 1001 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
A phase of the data life cycle that pertains to how long an entity stores information for future use or reference.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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