retaining

Definitions

The act of continuing to have, keep, or possess something.

The action of absorbing and continuing to hold a substance or heat.

The process of securing the services of a professional, such as a lawyer, by paying a fee.

Examples

The company is focused on retaining its top talent by offering competitive benefits.

She has a remarkable gift for retaining information even after reading a book only once.

The ancient stone wall is still effective at retaining the soil on the hillside.

Synonyms

keeping holding maintaining preserving saving storing clutching

Antonyms

releasing discarding losing abandoning forgetting expelling surrendering