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Definition of retaining : of Retain

Synonyms:

curbing, remembering, owning, engaging, retentive, possessing, holding back, employing, commemorating, cherishing, sustaining, saving, receiving, treasuring, admitting, comprehending, hiring, confining, restraining, taking, securing, arresting, accommodating, keeping back

embracing, clasping, keeping, grasping, holding, gripping, clutching, having, grappling, adhering, seizing

retracting, revoking, recanting, recalling, suppressing, withholding, withdrawing

maintaining, hindering, preserving, preventing, reserving, conserving

Usage examples:

• It would not have been sooner believed here than another Story I have heard, that a certain french Politician of Consideration in America had expressd his high Displeasure with Mr S A for stiring up his Countrymen to attend to the Importance of our retaining a Common Right to the Newfd Ld fishery. - "The Original Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 4", Samuel Adams.
• The stronghold was of stone, and had been used by the Germans for the retaining of cattle, and stood solitary on a hill with the land falling away on every side. - "Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas", Lloyd Osbourne.
• The Indians too evidently regarded me as the chief prize, and were bent on retaining me as such. - "The Captive in Patagonia", Benjamin Franklin Bourne.