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-]

v. - confine, limit.

- withhold from general circulation or disclosure. restriction n. [latin: related to *restrain]

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.

adj. Backward in mental or physical development.

adj. Shy; fond of seclusion.

v. - cut down expenses; introduce economies.

- reduce the amount of (costs). retrenchment n. [french: related to *trench]

—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]

n. Person who returns home from abroad, esp. After war service.

n. Military waking-signal. [french reveillez wake up]

adj. (esp. As the title of a clergyman) deserving reverence. [latin reverendus: related to *revere]

- mother n. Mother superior of a convent.