retaining

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Adjective

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retaining (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

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Verb

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retaining

  1. present participle and gerund of retain

Noun

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retaining (plural retainings)

  1. The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.
    • 1989, John Malcolm William Bean, From Lord to Patron: Lordship in Late Medieval England, page 212:
      All retainings by indenture before that date were declared null and void 'other than to be the household servant or officer or of his [the lord's] council for lawful service done or to be done'.

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