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retained
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retained
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kept |
| Synonyms: | confined, contained, detained, had, held, held back, included, maintained, owned, possessed, received, remembered, reserved, restrained, saved, secured, sustained, treasured, withheld |
| Antonyms: | lost, refused, wasted |
| Main Entry: | retain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold on to physically or mentally |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bear in mind, cling to, clutch, contain, detain, enjoy, grasp, hand onto, have, hold, hold fast, husband, keep, keep in mind, keep possession, maintain, memorize, mind, own, possess, preserve, put away, recall, recognize, recollect, remember, reminisce, reserve, restrain, retrospect, save, withhold |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, lose, release, spend |
| Main Entry: | retain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hire |
| Synonyms: | commission, contract, employ, engage, maintain, pay, reserve |
| Antonyms: | fire, let go, pass up |
| Main Entry: | reserved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | held for future use |
| Synonyms: | appropriated, arrogated, booked, claimed, engaged, kept, laid away, limited, preempted, private, qualified, restricted, retained, roped off, set apart, set aside, spoken for, taken |
| Antonyms: | given, offered, unreserved |
| Main Entry: | held |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grasped |
| Synonyms: | adhered, believed, clutched, controlled, defended, detained, gripped, guarded, occupied, retained, taken |
| Antonyms: | freed, lost, released |
| Main Entry: | owned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | possessed |
| Synonyms: | bought, enjoyed, had, held, in hand, inherited, kept, purchased, retained |
| Main Entry: | remembered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thought of |
| Synonyms: | brought to mind, commemorated, evoked, memorialized, memorized, recalled, recollected, retained |
| Antonyms: | forgotten, lost, overlooked |
| Main Entry: | saved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not spent |
| Synonyms: | accumulated, amassed, deposited, hoarded, invested, kept, retained, stored, unspent, untouched, unused |
| Antonyms: | spent, squandered, wasted |
| Main Entry: | jobholding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | employed |
| Synonyms: | active, at it, at work, busy, engaged, hired, in a job, in collar, in harness, in place, inked, laboring, occupied, on board, on duty, on the job, on the payroll, operating, plugging away, retained, selected, signed, working |
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