Assignment and Keeping

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Assignment noun - A piece of work that needs to be done regularly.

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Keeping is an antonym for assignment in topics: responsibility, selecting or setting apart.

Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.

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Assignment is an antonym for keeping.

Nearby Words: keep, keeper

old	old assignment	old keeping
good	good assignment	good keeping
safe	safe assignment	safe keeping
short	short assignment	short keeping
Other adjectives: perfect, single, simple, big, serious, quiet, easy, secret, new, early, major, last.

This trope is also semi-common with teenaged superheroes, who must then try to fufill the assignment while keeping up with their crime-fighting.

Source: Egg Sitting

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