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Search phrase: retention

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King LearKL V.iii.48To some retention and appointed guard;to some retention,
Twelfth NightTN II.iv.95So big to hold so much, they lack retention.So bigge, to hold so much, they lacke retention.
Twelfth NightTN V.i.79My love without retention or restraint,My loue without retention, or restraint,

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SonnetsSonn.122.9 That poor retention could not so much hold, That poore retention could not so much hold,

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retentionplace of detention, confinement
retention[medicine] power to retain emotion
retentionlimit, restriction, holding back
retentionmeans of retaining, way of keeping in mind

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