Abandoning and Keep

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Keep is an antonym for abandoning in topics: relinquish, leave in troubled state.

Nearby Words: abandon, abandoned, abandonment

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

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Abandoning is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

This still wasn't enough to keep pace with the developments in musket power, so in the 17th century infantry slowly began abandoning armor altogether.

Source: Bullet Proof Vest
To keep anyone from abandoning her the way her mother did, she deliberately acts as crass and cruel as she can so that no one will ever get close to her.

Source: Never Be Hurt Again
Regardless, they are not to be confused for a charity; the Cardians are first and foremost a Hunter conspiracy, one that has no qualms abandoning the moral high ground to keep the Vigil.

Source: Roleplay / Cardians

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