Donate and Keep

Donate

Donate verb - To make a present of.
Usage example: we plan to donate all the profits from the rummage sale to charity

Keep is an antonym for donate in make a gift of topic.

Nearby Words: donation, donating, donative

Keep

Keep verb - To continue to have in one's possession or power.
Usage example: keep my secret and don't tell it to anyone

Donate is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Common collocations

power donate power keep power
life donate life keep life
people donate people keep people
body donate body keep body
Other words: family, time, money, hair, eyes, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Planes Nice Guy: Dusty helps out whenever he can, which pays off when he's severely damaged and the other racers donate new parts to keep him in the race.
  • Both publickly keep a stiff upper lip in response to the deaths but then donate money to the poorer family.
  • Franchise / Baldur's Gate You can commit any atrocity you like as long as you donate money to the church occasionally, which is cheap enough to keep the guards off you.
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