Held and Returned

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Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.

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Returned is an antonym for held.

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Held is an antonym for returned in restored topic.

Nearby Words: return, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

Kaoru "Kaoru-no-Kimi" Orihara from Oniisama e... was held back a year due to an unspecified illness, and when the story begins she has just returned to Seiran Highschool.

Source: Ill Girl / Anime and Manga
Actual Greek traditions held that: Aeneas left Troy after an omen of impending doom—the death of Laocoön and his sons—and returned to Mt. Ida.

Source: Literature / The Aeneid
He returned to production on Luke Bryan's 2007 debut "All My Friends Say", and has held his role as Bryan's producer ever since.

Source: Record Producer

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