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There are 12 words ending with TENTION

ABSTENTION	• abstention n. (Obsolete) The act of restraining oneself. • abstention n. The act of abstaining or refraining (from). • abstention n. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
ATTENTION	• attention n. (Uncountable) Mental focus. • attention n. (Countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially… • attention n. (Uncountable, military) A state of alertness in the standing position.
CONTENTION	• contention n. Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle. • contention n. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of… • contention n. (Computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
DETENTION	• detention n. (Uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained. • detention n. (Countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement. • detention n. (Civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.
DISTENTION	• distention n. Alternative form of distension (“the act of distending”). • DISTENTION n. the act of distending, also DISTENSION.
INATTENTION	• inattention n. Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention. • inattention n. An act of neglect; failure of courtesy. • INATTENTION n. failure to pay attention.
INTENTION	• intention n. A course of action that a person intends to follow. • intention n. The goal or purpose. • intention n. (Obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching.
IRRETENTION	• irretention n. Absence of retention; the state or quality of being irretentive; lack of power to retain information. • IRRETENTION n. absence of retention or power to retain.
OBTENTION	• obtention n. (Rare, sciences, law) The act of obtaining. • OBTENTION n. the act of obtending.
OVERATTENTION	• overattention n. Excessive attention paid to something. • OVERATTENTION n. excessive attention.
RETENTION	• retention n. The act of retaining or something retained. • retention n. The act or power of remembering things. • retention n. A memory; what is retained in the mind.
SUSTENTION	• sustention n. Sustentation. • SUSTENTION n. the act of sustaining.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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