retained

retained

modif.

1. Kept

   had, held, possessed, owned, enjoyed, secured, preserved, husbanded, saved, maintained, restrained, confined, curbed, detained, contained, received, admitted, included, withheld, held back, put away, treasured, sustained, remembered, kept in mind, commemorated; see also kept 2.

   Antonyms lost*, wasted*, refused. *

2. Employed

   hired, engaged, contracted, promised, chosen, selected, given a position, taken on, secured, bespoken; see also employed.

   Antonyms unemployed*, disengaged*, let go.