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retained(adjective, reserved, guarded, received)
10
grasped(adjective, guarded, gripped, commanded)
9
controlled(noun, adjective, desire, troubled)
9
kept(noun, adjective, anxious, limited)
8
gripped(noun, adjective, desire, troubled)
6
maintained(adjective, reserved, used, received)
6
possessed(adjective, desire, troubled, absorbed)
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withheld(adjective, reserved, confined, received)
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confined(adjective, restrained, limited, restricted)
5
owned(adjective, possessed)
5
reserved(adjective, occupied, confined, received)
4
believed(adjective, thought, expected, guarded)
4
adhered(adjective, guarded, gripped, grasped)
4
assumed(adjective, thought, expected, supposed)
4
caged(adjective, restrained, inside, captive)
4
had(gripped, possessed)
4
seized(adjective, desire, anxious, troubled)
3
bound(important, restrained, subject, limited)
3
clutched(noun, adjective, anxious, reserved)
3
conserved
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