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Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall. examples
present participle and gerund of retain examples
plural retainings
The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention. quotations examples
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