retained

Meaning

of Retain

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

maintained continued keep continue hold accepted maintain chosen heard assumed store protected engaged keeping occupied

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Antonyms

given left destroyed destructible donated

Phrases with the word

non-nuclear-retained retained fluids

Anagrams

detainer aditeren antideer Naderite redetain

Examples

Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed. Earl Warren

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them. Marcel Proust

A lesson taught with humor is a lesson retained. Ruth Westheimer

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action. Cyril Connolly

The soul is retained in it only by the prayer. Hungarian Proverb

Things hardly attained are the longer retained. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

retainably retainage retainal retained earnings retained fluids retained income