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Synonyms & Antonyms : Retain
Retain
( Verb )
This dyke was duilt to retain the flood water.
Synonyms:
Employ
Contain
Grip
Maintain
Preserve
Memories
Recall
Recollect
Engage
Maintain
Keep
Hold
Contextual Examples:
Under this Act nobody can employ the workers on ad hoc basis.
The accused was allowed to engage a lawyer for his defence.
It is very difficult to maintain two establishments within the limited resources.
I do wish you wouldn’t keep on interrupting
Mother asked the nurse to hold the child for another couple of hours.
Antonyms:
Give up
Cede
Surrender
Relinquish
Renounce
Forsake
Abandon
Contextual Examples:
Edmund had given up his studies before graduation.
I have ceded a part of my property to an orphanage.
The Pakistani forces surrendered to Indian forces in Bangladesh in 1971.
I have not yet relinquished charge to my successor in the company.
I have abandoned the idea of taking up a government job.
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