nonretention
Failure to keep
Nonretention is the failure or decision not to keep something—whether employees, information, or records.
In education, nonretention means promoting students to the next grade rather than holding them back: The district adopted a nonretention policy for elementary students.
In employment, it refers to not renewing contracts or letting workers go: Budget cuts led to the nonretention of several staff members.
Pathological loss of recall
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- absentmindednessLack of attention to surroundings
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
omission · neglect · inattention · heedlessness · unmindfulness · obliviousness · inadvertence · slip
Brevity of existence
- ephemeralityCondition of being brief
- temporalityState of existing briefly
- fleetingnessQuality of passing quickly
- evanescenceGradual disappearance from existence
volatility · mutability · instability · perishability · fading · dissolution · vanishing · decay
Chronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
- neurodegenerationProgressive loss of neurons
- cognitive declineWorsening of thought abilities
- brain injuryDamage to cranial organ
encephalopathy · senility · concussion · stroke · trauma · anterograde amnesia · retrograde amnesia · aphasia
amnesia
Pathological loss of recall
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- absentmindednessLack of attention to surroundings
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
oversight · omission · neglect · inattention · heedlessness · unmindfulness · obliviousness · inadvertence · slip · blankness
transience
Brevity of existence
- ephemeralityCondition of being brief
- temporalityState of existing briefly
- fleetingnessQuality of passing quickly
evanescence · volatility · mutability · instability · perishability · fading · dissolution · vanishing · decay · passing
dementia
Chronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
- neurodegenerationProgressive loss of neurons
- cognitive declineWorsening of thought abilities
brain injury · encephalopathy · senility · concussion · stroke · trauma · anterograde amnesia · retrograde amnesia · aphasia · atrophy
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Continued holding or possession
preservation · keeping · holding · maintenance · conservation
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Continued holding or possession
recall · memorization · memory · recollection · learning
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Continued holding or possession
reappointment · rehiring · tenure · job security · permanence
retain, retained, retains, retaining, retainer, retention, retentive, retainment, retainable