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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
retain and explain en · VERB
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(qualifier:policy) 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.
[W]e have opted in this book to use the word catechesis rather than substitute something in its place. Our strategy is to retain and explain, rather than to reject and replace.
2010, J. I. Packer, Gary A. Parrett, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, page 31:The Roosevelt Memorial contest is parallel in time but also distinctly different from the 'retain and explain' position of the Conservative UK government regarding British colonialist monuments.
2022, Kevin Coffee, Museums and Social Responsibility:
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