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ri-TENSHUN/rɪˈtenʃn/

Retention is keeping hold of people, things, or knowledge: staff retention, water retention, retention of facts. Retain (already in the dictionary) is the verb; turnover sits opposite for staff. A poster about resilience is not a rota.

Meaning

The act of keeping something or someone; also the ability to keep information.

Examples

• “Retention of night staff is a rota fact, not a resilience poster.”
• “Retain is already in this course. Turnover is the opposite test for people. A poster is comms. Named hours are the claim. Pay the hours that exist; keep the poster for the stairs.”

Good to know

Keeping hold of people, things, or knowledge. Verb: retain (already in the dictionary). A poster ≠ a rota.

Near in meaning

turnover

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