Term: retention: the act of retaining something
Candidate hypernym: possession: the act of having and controlling property → 1
Candidate hypernym: apium: celery → 0
Candidate hypernym: outer space: any location outside the Earth's atmosphere → 0
Candidate hypernym: sketch: short descriptive summary (of events) → 0
Candidate hypernym: ratafia: sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds → 0
Candidate hypernym: compilation: something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) → 0
Candidate hypernym: sexual immorality: the evil ascribed to sexual acts that violate social conventions → 0
Candidate hypernym: manipulator: a person who handles things manually → 0
Candidate hypernym: staggered board of directors: a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually → 0
Candidate hypernym: copying: an act of copying → 0
Candidate hypernym: hoary alison: tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed → 0