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| RESTRAIN | | v. - (often refl., usu. Foll. By from) check or hold in; keep in check, under control, or within bounds.
- repress, keep down.
- confine, imprison. [latin restringo -strict-] | |
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| RESTRICT | | v. - confine, limit.
- withhold from general circulation or disclosure. restriction n. [latin: related to *restrain] | |
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| RETAINER | | n. - fee for securing a person's services.
- faithful servant (esp. Old retainer).
- reduced rent paid to retain unoccupied accommodation.
- person or thing that retains. | |
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| RETARDED | | adj. Backward in mental or physical development. | |
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| RETIRING | | adj. Shy; fond of seclusion. | |
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| RETRENCH | | v. - cut down expenses; introduce economies.
- reduce the amount of (costs). retrenchment n. [french: related to *trench] | |
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| RETRIEVE | | —v. (-ving) 1 a regain possession of. B recover by investigation or effort of memory.
- obtain (information stored in a computer etc.).
- (of a dog) find and bring in (killed or wounded game etc.).
- (foll. By from) rescue (esp. From a bad state).
- restore to a flourishing state; revive.
- repair or set right (a loss or error etc.) (managed to retrieve the situation). —n. Possibility of recovery (beyond retrieve). retrievable adj. Retrieval n. [french trouver find] | |
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| RETURNEE | | n. Person who returns home from abroad, esp. After war service. | |
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| REVEILLE | | n. Military waking-signal. [french reveillez wake up] | |
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| REVEREND | | adj. (esp. As the title of a clergyman) deserving reverence. [latin reverendus: related to *revere]
- mother n. Mother superior of a convent. | |
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