Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Absence of retention; the state or quality of being irretentive; want of power to retain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Lack of retaining power; forgetfulness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Absence of
retention ; the state or quality of beingirretentive ; want of power toretain ;forgetfulness .
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Examples
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But his inability to sign his name did not arise merely from blindness: the fact was, that, from irretention of memory, he could not recollect the letters which composed his name; and, when they were repeated to him, he could not represent the figure of the letters in his imagination.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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But his inability to sign his name did not arise merely from blindness: the fact was, that, from irretention of memory, he could not recollect the letters which composed his name; and, when they were repeated to him, he could not represent the figure of the letters in his imagination.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers Thomas De Quincey 1822
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