retention

Roget-categorie 781

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.1. Property in general

#781. Retention

zelfstandig naamwoord

retention — retaining etc. v. — keep, detention, custody — tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip.
fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum — bond etc. (vinculum) 45.
clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice.
paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf^†, neif^†.
bird in hand — captive etc. 754.

werkwoord

retain, keep — hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground — clinch, clench, clutch, grasp, gripe, hug, have a firm hold of.
secure, withhold, detain — hold back, keep back — keep close — husband etc. (store) 636 — reserve — have in stock, have on hand, keep in stock etc. (possess) 777 — entail, tie up, settle.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

retaining etc. v. — retentive, tenacious.
unforfeited^†, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated.
incommunicable, inalienable — in mortmain [Fr.] — in strict settlement.

uitdrukking

uti possidetis [Lat.].

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