Keep and Own up

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Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Own up is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Own up verb - To make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid.

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Keep is an antonym for own up in topics: acknowledge, authorize, admit, confess.

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