retained

retained
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Kept]
Syn. had, held, possessed, owned, enjoyed, secured, preserved, husbanded, saved, maintained, restrained, confined, curbed, detained, contained, received, admitted, included, withheld, held back, put away, treasured, sustained, remembered, kept in mind, commemorated; see also kept 2 .
Ant. lost*, wasted, refused.
2. [Employed]
Syn. hired, engaged, contracted, promised, chosen, selected, given a position, taken on, secured, bespoken; see also employed .
Ant. unemployed*, disengaged, let go.
II
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Having a job: employed, hired, jobholding, working. See WORK.

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