Retain and Support

Retain

Retain verb - To continue to have in one's possession or power.

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Support and retain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Support" instead a verb "Retain".

Nearby Words: retainer, retaining

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Retain and support are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Retain" instead a verb "Support".

They retain their appearance, intelligence, memories and personality and do not die of natural cases, but without magical support, they will slowly rot alive.

Source: And I Must Scream / Video Games
In a firefight, it can be better to burn out of a body instead of allowing it to be killed, because it means you can bodyhop faster, or retain some juice in order to provide support for the Point Man.

Source: Video Game / First Encounter Assault Recon
Halsey lends his support to MacArthur's efforts to retain Yamato in US service, in exchange for MacArthur convincing the nascent JMSDF to purchase Enterprise as their flagship.

Source: Fan Fic / Eternity

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