Abandon and Keeps

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Abandon verb - To give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly.

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Keeps is an antonym for abandon.

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Abandon is an antonym for keeps in topics: hold, commemorate, tend, prevent.

Worse is Whitehouse, who deliberately got his daughter addicted to heroin and keeps her in the habit just so she won't abandon him.

Source: Literature / The Damnation Game
Attack of the Puppet People (1958) : The lonely owner of a doll factory uses a ray to shrink people that he thinks are going to abandon him and keeps them as his pets.

Source: B-Movie
He keeps on acting as if Shelena of all people was a Damsel in Distress, and refuses to abandon her even if he might save her by this.

Source: Literature / Loyal Enemies

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