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Retentivity
- noun - the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"
- the power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil"
- the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
Retrenching
- verb - make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"
- tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
Retribution
- noun - a justly deserved penalty
- the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
Retributive
- adjective - given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice"
- of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
Retroaction
- - Action returned, or action backward.
Retroactive
- adjective - affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay"
- descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
Retroceding
- unknown - giving back territory to its former government or country
Retrovision
- noun - a vision of events in the distant past
Revaluation
- noun - a new appraisal or evaluation