retains
Synonyms
Examples
Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood; age retains its tastes by habit.
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
The expression of vanity and self-love becomes less offensive, when it retains something of simplicity and frankness.
He who grasps much, retains but little.
A new pot retains its first scent.
A myrtle standing among reeds still retains the name of myrtle.