retaining

Plural: retainings

Verb

• hold back within
• allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
• secure and keep for possible future use or application
• keep in one's mind
• present participle and gerund of retain

Adj

• Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

Noun

• The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.

Synonyms

continue, hold, hold back, keep, keep back, keep on, retain

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