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  3. Retained Definition

Retained Definition

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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of retain.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Synonyms:
  • preserved
  • husbanded
  • grasped
  • clutched
  • held
  • kept
  • reserved
  • withheld
  • minded
  • recalled
  • recollected
  • revived
  • remembered
  • thought
  • contained
Antonyms:
  • Antonyms:
  • dismissed
  • fired
  • lost
  • spent
  • released
  • freed

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Words Starting With

RRERET

Words Ending With

DEDNED

Unscrambles

retained

Words Starting With R and Ending With D

Starts With R & Ends With DStarts With RE & Ends With DStarts With R & Ends With ED

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With R8 Letter Words Ending With D

Words Near Retained in the Dictionary

  • retail-theft
  • retail-therapy
  • retailtainment
  • retain
  • retainable
  • retainal
  • retained
  • retained earnings
  • retained object
  • retained-mode
  • retainer
  • retainest
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