retenir

to retain, hold; to remember; to accept (que that); to uphold; to restrain oneself, hold back

“Je n'ai pas pu me retenir, je n'ai pas pu m'en empêcher.” — I couldn't help myself.

Inherited from Middle French retenir, from Old French retenir, from Vulgar Latin *retenīre, from Latin retinēre, from re- + teneō (“to hold”).