Keep and Let go

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Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Let go is an antonym for keep in topics: hold, commemorate, tend, prevent.
Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Let go

Let go verb - Release, as from one's grip.
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Keep is an antonym for let go in topics: resign, dismiss from responsibility, relinquish possession, announce removal of blame, get out of a situation.
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  • Jet's friends and therapist tell him that they're okay with his sexuality, just let go of Lee's "rejection" and move on to keep it from taking over his life.
    Source: Fan Fic / The Stalking Zuko Series
  • He can never fully let go of his manipulative tendancies, so when he gets several cryptic threats about Clark, resorts to kidnapping him to keep him safe.
    Source: Jerkass Woobie / Live-Action TV
  • Wrestling / Seth Rollins He then persuaded them to let go of their issues with him and with each other in order to keep the Shield whole.
    Source: Wrestling / Seth Rollins
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