Retentionist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who advocates retention countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A person or government who advocates retention of the death penalty countable, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Favouring retention not-comparable

Etymology

From retention + -ist.

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