to retain

Synonyms

keep pocket

Examples

Abd al-Rahman continued to allow Jews and Christians and other monotheistic religions to retain and practice their faiths. Source: Internet

According to a PTI report, Arvind Kejriwal is unlikely to tinker with the existing combination and is set to retain all the incumbent ministers. Source: Internet

According to the terms of the treaty, Britain will be required to return Florida to Spain, but will be permitted to retain its territory in Canada. Source: Internet

According to this document, "Chinese apparently were motivated to attack by one primary consideration — their determination to retain the ground on which PLA forces stood in 1962 and to punish the Indians for trying to take that ground". Source: Internet

After the independence of India in 1947, the last Nawab expressed his wish to retain Bhopal as a separate unit. Source: Internet

Against the Stallions, the Red Devils didn’t play perfectly in the fourth, but they did do a better job with ball security and played strong defense down the stretch to retain a lead and earn a 56-50 win. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

to retain

Close letter words and terms

to rest to restore to restrain to retake to retract to return