Definition of Retain

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Retain

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.

To restrain; to prevent.

To belong; to pertain.

To keep; to continue; to remain.

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Retain Quotations

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
Henry David Thoreau

As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others.
Lord Byron

Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood.
Soren Kierkegaard

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
Francis Bacon

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
Elbert Hubbard

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
Otto von Bismarck

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.
Henri Frederic Amiel

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
Samuel Johnson

Retain Translations

retain in Danish is opholde
retain in Dutch is reserveren, detineren, ophouden
retain in French is retenez, retiennent, retiens, retenons
retain in German is einbehalten, festhalten, beibehalten, halten
retain in Italian is trattenere
retain in Portuguese is retenha
retain in Spanish is retener

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