Admit and Keep

Admit

Admit verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

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Keep and admit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Admit".

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

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Admit and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Admit" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

order	admit order	keep order
family	admit family	keep family
name	admit name	keep name
relationship	admit relationship	keep relationship
Other words: time, way, identity, story, secret, existence, hands.

Friendly Enemy: Pi initially fears the sharks that keep surrounding his boat, but eventually regards them as grumpy old neighbors who keep visiting but don't want to admit they like him.

Source: Literature / Life of Pi
Other Continental Enlightenment types (like Voltaire—no, not that one) were willing to admit that most Humans Are Bastards, but trusted in the virtue of some people to keep things improving.

Source: Romanticism Versus Enlightenment
Instead they had to admit the reason for their odd behavior to keep him out of surgery.

Source: Zany Scheme

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