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RETAIN

Definition:

1. [verb] hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"
   
   
2. [verb] allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"
   Synonyms: continue, keep, keep on, keep going
   
   
3. [verb] secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
   Synonyms: hold, keep back, hold back
   
   
4. [verb] keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"
   
   

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Related Words:

• hold down

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