Retention has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
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1. | The stages of psychosexual development—oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital—turn out to be one big Freudian slip, betraying severe anal retention on the part of the taxonomist. | |
2. | Uncertainty regarding the company's financial situation will interfere with employee retention. |