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Noun
1. repeating a school grade; grade retention; grade repetition
Wikipedia definition
2. Grade retentionGrade retention or grade repetition is the process of having a student repeat an educational course, usually one previously failed. Students who repeat a course are referred as "repeaters". Repeaters can be referred to as having been "held back". The primary alternative to grade retention (for those who have failed) is a policy of social promotion, under the ideological principle that staying with their same-age peers is important.
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