Answer :
The option surrender is the correct answer for the closest antonym for the word retain.
What is retain?
The verb retain means to keep something or to continue to have it.
For instance,
- Her fight to retain the business has failed.
- Throughout the entire performance, he retained his dignity.
- In the latter stages of the race, she was able to retain her advantage.
- I have a strong memory and can retain (=remember) information quickly.
What is surrender?
Surrender is a verb (used with object) meaning:
1. To give up control of (something) to another on demand or under coercion; surrender up possession of. For instance, surrendering the fort to the enemy or surrender to the police the stolen items.
2. To surrender, as to the police.
3. To submit to a certain influence, course, mood, etc.
He, for instance, surrendered himself over to a life of adversity.
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[Fidel Castro] will also retain his position as First
Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party.
Which would be the closest antonym for the word retain?
Survive
Proclaim
Surrender
Prescribe
