retain

Etymology 1
From Late, , from , , , and (modern 🇨🇬), from , from , the    of  (compare 🇨🇬), from  +  (ultimately from ).

(“to declare (a sin) not forgiven”) is derived from John 20:23 in the Bible, in quorum retinueritis, retenta sunt, and in  ἄν τινων κρατῆτε, κεκράτηνται: see the 1526 quotation.



Verb

 * 1) Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
 * 2)  To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year; to keep back.
 * 3) Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
 * 4)  To hold back (tissue or a substance, especially urine) in the body or a body organ.
 * 5) To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.
 * 6) To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.
 * 7) To keep (something) in the mind; to recall, to remember.
 * 8) To keep (something) in place or use, instead of removing or abolishing it; to preserve.
 * 9) To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
 * 10)  To employ (someone, especially a lawyer) by paying a ; specifically, to engage (a barrister) by making an initial payment to secure their services if needed.
 * 11) To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also,  to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.
 * 12)  To control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-control over (oneself).
 * 13)  To keep (someone) in custody; to prevent (someone) from leaving.
 * 14)  To declare (a sin) not forgiven.
 * 15) To keep in control or possession; to continue having.
 * 16) To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.
 * 17)  Of a body or body organ: to hold back tissue or a substance.
 * 18) To refrain from doing something.
 * 19) To be a dependent or follower to someone.
 * 20)  To continue, to remain.
 * 1) To keep (something) in the mind; to recall, to remember.
 * 2) To keep (something) in place or use, instead of removing or abolishing it; to preserve.
 * 3) To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
 * 4)  To employ (someone, especially a lawyer) by paying a ; specifically, to engage (a barrister) by making an initial payment to secure their services if needed.
 * 5) To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also,  to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.
 * 6)  To control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-control over (oneself).
 * 7)  To keep (someone) in custody; to prevent (someone) from leaving.
 * 8)  To declare (a sin) not forgiven.
 * 9) To keep in control or possession; to continue having.
 * 10) To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.
 * 11)  Of a body or body organ: to hold back tissue or a substance.
 * 12) To refrain from doing something.
 * 13) To be a dependent or follower to someone.
 * 14)  To continue, to remain.
 * 1)  To employ (someone, especially a lawyer) by paying a ; specifically, to engage (a barrister) by making an initial payment to secure their services if needed.
 * 2) To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also,  to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.
 * 3)  To control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-control over (oneself).
 * 4)  To keep (someone) in custody; to prevent (someone) from leaving.
 * 5)  To declare (a sin) not forgiven.
 * 6) To keep in control or possession; to continue having.
 * 7) To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.
 * 8)  Of a body or body organ: to hold back tissue or a substance.
 * 9) To refrain from doing something.
 * 10) To be a dependent or follower to someone.
 * 11)  To continue, to remain.
 * 1) To keep in control or possession; to continue having.
 * 2) To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.
 * 3)  Of a body or body organ: to hold back tissue or a substance.
 * 4) To refrain from doing something.
 * 5) To be a dependent or follower to someone.
 * 6)  To continue, to remain.
 * 1) To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.
 * 2)  Of a body or body organ: to hold back tissue or a substance.
 * 3) To refrain from doing something.
 * 4) To be a dependent or follower to someone.
 * 5)  To continue, to remain.
 * 1) To refrain from doing something.
 * 2) To be a dependent or follower to someone.
 * 3)  To continue, to remain.
 * 1) To be a dependent or follower to someone.
 * 2)  To continue, to remain.
 * 1)  To continue, to remain.
 * 1)  To continue, to remain.
 * 1)  To continue, to remain.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: jättää luokalle
 * Galician:
 * Macedonian: за́држи
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * Macedonian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: pitää (kiinni)
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Macedonian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:


 * Arabic: أَبْقَى, أَدَامَ, بَقَّى, حَفِظَ, رَعَى,, اِحْتَفَظَ
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:, uchovat
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: reteni
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ინარჩუნებს, ინახავს
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: coinnigh
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Maori: whakauenuku, whakapupuri
 * Norwegian:, motta
 * Old English: æthabban
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:, , unutmamak, , elinden kaçırmamak


 * Finnish: pitää palkattuna
 * Galician:
 * Macedonian: на́јми
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: pitää palveluksessaan
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Macedonian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:


 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Macedonian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:


 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Macedonian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:


 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Macedonian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:


 * Finnish:, pitää mielessä
 * Galician:
 * Macedonian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:


 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Macedonian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:

Etymology 2
Partly:


 * from, ; and
 * from the (see etymology 1).

Noun

 * 1) An act of holding or keeping something; a possession, a retention.