remanence

noun2

1. •
   The magnetization left behind in a medium after an external magnetic field is removed.
2. •
   (no longer used) The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence.

   • Neither St. Augustine nor Calvin denied the remanence of the will in the fallen spirit; but they, and Luther as well as they, objected to the flattering epithet 'free' will. — 1810