Retaining and Saving

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Saving and retaining are semantically related in maintaining topic. In some cases you can use "Saving" instead an adjective "Retaining".

Nearby Words: retain, retained, retainer

Saving adjective - Characterized by thriftiness.

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Retaining and saving are semantically related in redeeming topic. Sometimes you can use "Retaining" instead an adjective "Saving".

Nearby Words: save, saved, saver

In Her Tears Were My Light, you are required to fail at saving the character Space from Nil and reset the timeline several times, with both you and Nil retaining memories of these events, before you can hear Nil's side of the story and start making better decisions.

Source: You Can't Thwart Stage One
In this one, he gets brought back as a Cyberman, retaining his emotions and memories and uses his new form to rescue Clara and eventually save the day by rallying the Cybermen and leading them into the clouds of conversion pollen to detonate themselves, saving the world and killing him again.

Source: Heroic Sacrifice / Live-Action TV
You Can't Thwart Stage One: You are required to fail at saving Space from Nil and reset the timeline several times, with both you and Nil retaining memories of these events, before you can hear Nil's side of the story and start making better decisions.

Source: Visual Novel / Her Tears Were My Light

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