Banish and Keep

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Banish verb - To force to leave a country.

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Keep is an antonym for banish in expel from place or situation topic.

Nearby Words: banishment, banishing

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

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Banish is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

people	banish people	keep people
children	banish children	keep children
name	banish name	keep name
rest	banish rest	keep rest
Other words: time, way, face, magic, player, everyone, humans, sister, enemies, memories.

Keep the Reward: Dipper casually declines Pacifica's offer to stay during the party after he captured the ghost, instead continuing on with his business of trying to banish him.

Source: Recap / Gravity Falls S 2 E 10 Northwest Mansion Mystery
Moving the Goalposts: Because Constantine destroyed a demon rather than banish it back to hell like he agreed Felix Faust uses it to keep him under his thumb or sacrifice Chas' daughter.

Source: Series / Constantine
Jenny later figures out that she can't banish it, not won't, since the 'limitations' keep the curse alive and give the caster ongoing control over it.

Source: Literature / Dragonsbane

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