Retained and Spent

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Retained

Retained adjective - Continued in your keeping or use or memory.
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Spent is an antonym for retained.
Nearby Words: retainer, retaining

Spent

Spent adjective - Depleted in strength, energy, or freshness.
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Retained is an antonym for spent in gone topic.
Nearby Word: spend
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  • Hakumen spent 90 years alone in the Void, and retained his sanity through sheer force of will.
    Source: Go Mad from the Isolation
  • Ret Gone Micchi somehow retained her memories of what happened, ran away from home, and has spent years travelling through space trying to find some clue to point to her friend's location.
    Source: Ret Gone
  • Hakumen from BlazBlue spent ninety years of utter isolation in the Boundary - the same place that drove Lotte Carmine mad and turned him into the Eldritch Abomination we know as Arakune - and retained his sanity through sheer force of will.
    Source: Determinator / Video Games
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