Synonyms for retains
re·tains

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1. List of paraphrases for "retains":

   maintains, preserves, keeps, conserves, reserves, retain, holds, remains, cans, guard, withholds

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1. Seng-T'San:

   If an eye never falls asleep, All dreams will by themselves cease If the mind retains its absoluteness, The ten thousand things are of one suchness.

2. Paul Archuleta/Getty Images:

   After more than a year to find evidence, Edelson dismissed the Illinois action without prejudice as to Erika and EJ Global LLC, while Edelson retains the right to re-fie in California, the dismissal of Erika from the federal lawsuit that triggered bankruptcies of Girardi Keese and Tom Girardi is extremely important. For example, the recent three-day evidentiary hearing in the Boeing case showed that Erika had ZERO role in what Girardi Keese and Edelson discussed, did, and did n’t do, whether as between each other or as to Girardi Keese and Tom Girardi clients. In fact, I ’m informed Erika’s name did n’t even come up at the hearing.

3. Commerce Ministry:

   Even as government of India is conscious of the need to spur innovation and protect individual rights, it retains the sovereign right to utilize the flexibilities provided in the international (IP rights) regime, it may be noted that to date, there has been only one case of compulsory license in India and that too after a well-thought out and laid down process, which was subsequently upheld right up to the highest Court of the land.

4. The Hitopadesa:

   A bad man, though raised to honour, always returns to his natural course, as a dog?s tail, though warmed by the fire and rubbed with oil, retains its form.*

5. Merrick Garland:

   This does not mean that every police officer — quite the contrary, this means that … from talking to many police officers, that they believe that it's important that there be accountability and that officers who break the law are held accountable so that the community retains its trust in the good police officers who do not break the law.