remain in WordNet English dictionary

1. continue in a place, position, or situation
   "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
   stay  stay on  continue  remain 
   
2. stay behind
   "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
   persist  remain  stay 
   
3. stay the same; remain in a certain state
   "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
   stay  remain  rest 
   
4. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
   "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
   remain