"nonpromotion" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1854, The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal, page 114:",
          "text": "It is true that there are men to be found who never rise beyond a curacy; as there are grey-headed midshipmen occasionally to be seen in the navy. But the former case is quite as rare as the latter; promotion is the rule, non-promotion the exception, in both professions.",
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        "(US, education) The holding back of a pupil instead of advancing them to the next year of studies."
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