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What does retained mean?

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Verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of retain
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Maclean retained his early idealism and lived a life fully in accord with his Communist principles, eschewing all privileges.
Yet the Floyd's masterful quadrophonic pension plan has retained an amazing capacity to knock people sideways.
All the roof timbers have been retained in the church except where a rafter of wall plate was absolutely rotten.
Outside, a landscape gardener has retained the original character of this part of the walled garden.
Even some of the most legendary quaffers of the Fourth Estate retained a modicum of dignity.
Nationally three retained firemen have died within the past three years on active duty.

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