137 entries under noun topic. ×
| holding(control, custody, detention, confinement) | |
| reservation(employment, custody, detention, confinement) | |
| withholding(delay, arrest, imprisonment, custody) | |
| detention(imprisonment, custody, confinement, keeping) | |
| confinement(arrest, imprisonment, custody, detention) | |
| keeping(detention, confinement, holding, remembering) | |
| detainment(delay, arrest, imprisonment, custody) | |
| memory(ability, recall, memory, keeping) | |
| hold(control, grasp, grip, embrace) | |
| safekeeping(detention, confinement, keeping, holding) | |
| custody(hold, control, arrest, imprisonment) | |
| preservation(detention, confinement, keeping, holding) | |
| retentiveness(mind, recall, thought, perception) | |
| retaining(employment, reservation, memory, holding) | |
| retentivity(detention, confinement, keeping, holding) | |
| conservation(custody, detention, confinement, keeping) | |
| recall(mind, thought, perception, observation) | |
| recollection(mind, recall, thought, perception) | |
| captivity(detention, confinement, keeping, holding) | |
| keep(detention, confinement, keeping, holding) |
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