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What does retained mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of retain
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Politics was an abiding passion and he retained a constant devotion to his father's Liberal Party.
Yet the Floyd's masterful quadrophonic pension plan has retained an amazing capacity to knock people sideways.
While he often raged against the race, Byron was a Scot at heart and retained a strong Aberdonian accent throughout his life.
Even some of the most legendary quaffers of the Fourth Estate retained a modicum of dignity.
The Aberdonian somehow retained his composure to par the next nine holes before adding two birdies and a bogey.
Despite his new-found conservatism, Coleridge retained some surprisingly advanced views on social and economic matters.

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