English Explanatory Dictionary

retain and explain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To preserve historical material regarded as problematic (such as statues), with appropriate contextual explanation, rather than destroying it or attempting to erase it from history.

Word forms

retain and explain retains and explains retaining and explaining retained and explained
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