retention
holding
keeping
retainal
retaining
storage
preservation
sustainment
salvaging
withholdal
tangibleness
retentional
withhold
retainability
reuse
stilling
unsticking
retrieval
trussing
procural
retainably
stowing
stowage
conservation
enshrine
sustain
sustentation
upholding
embalm
preservable
restorage
procurement
procurance
salvation
reservation
retentivity
tangibility
ungrasp
saving
withtake
preserval
protection
carry
finders, keepers
preservingly
withholding
containment
repriming
preservative
regaining
retainable
hold on
maintainership
hallowing
preserver
keep
tenible
reciprocation
retent
hold
apprehension
reanchoring
perpetration
hold out
possessorship
reexhibition
continue
avowry
nonpreservation
gathering
persister
gather
keepsies
unloading
rescindment
recovery
store
entry
reclamation
prizing
keeper
cherishing
perking
retentive
remaining
mummify
artisan's lien
preserving
reserve
origination
subsistence

English words for 'the act of retaining something'

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