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retents

retents is the plural of retent.

Meaning of retent

Noun

retent (plural retents)

  1. That which is retained.
    • 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.1854, Laurens Perseus Hickok, Empirical Psychology: Or, The Science of Mind from Experience

Questions about retents

What is retents the plural of?
Retents is the plural of retent.

Words near retents in the dictionary

  1. retentivity
  2. retentor
  3. retentors
  4. retentostat
  5. retentostats
  6. retents
  7. reteplase
  8. retepore
  9. retepores
  10. reteporid
  11. reteporids

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