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retainedverbpast tense of retain to continue to have in one's possession or powerI plan to retain the family heirlooms until my own children are mature enough to appreciate them, and then I will lovingly pass them on held, kept, reserved, withheld conserved, guarded, preserved, protected, savedboasted, enjoyed, had, owned, possessedcommanded, controlled, detained, directed, managed, ruledbore, harboredcherished, clung (to), hugged, treasured held on to, hung on to gave up, handed over, released, relinquished, surrendered, yielded abandoned, ceded, droppedcontributed, donated, gave, handed outdiscarded, dumpeddeclined, rejected, repudiated, spurnedlost to keep, control, or experience as one's ownthat author retains the right to veto any changes in his books suggested by his publisher's notoriously intrusive editor commanded, enjoyed, had, held, owned, possessed kept, reserved, withheldbore, carriedboasted, showed off, sported rejoiced in lacked, wanted abandoned, ceded, disclaimed, disowned, handed over, relinquished, renounced, surrendered, yieldeddiscarded, dumpeddeclined, rejected, repudiated, spurnedneeded, required to provide with a paying jobher neighbor retained her as a nanny for the summer, thus giving her something to do until school started again assumed, employed, engaged, feed(chiefly Scottish), hired, laid on(chiefly British), paid, placed, recruited, signed (up or on), took on reemployed(or re-employed), reengaged(or re-engaged), rehiredapprenticed, contracted, jobbed, partnered, subcontractedenlistedadvanced, promoted, upgradedkept (on)headhunted, scouted axed, canned, discharged, dismissed, fired, sacked furloughed, laid off, locked out |