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retaining

re·tain·ing

/ɹɪˈteɪnɪŋ/

adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectiveretaining (not comparable)

not comparableOf or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.

verb

gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of retain

nounretaining (plural retainings)

plural retainings

The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.
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'.
1989, John Malcolm William Bean, From Lord to Patron: Lordship in Late Medieval England, page 212

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with retaining

training remaining maintaining entertaining gaining complaining raining draining waning reigning planing chaining reining caning feigning craning aquatraining potty training potty untraining unpotty training unstaining

Cite this entry

APA

retaining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retaining

MLA

“retaining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retaining. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retaining,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retaining.

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