Broken and Kept

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Broken adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded.

Usage example: broken (or unkept) promises

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Kept is an antonym for broken in topics: forgotten, destroyed, not working, discontinuous, mentally defeated.

Nearby Words: broke, brokenly

Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.

Usage example: promises kept

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Broken is an antonym for kept in topics: preserved, observed, retained.

Atilla then holds out a broken shoe heel and tells Grimm that it's because he kept chewing the heels off their shoes.

Source: Broken Heel
The masquerade was broken when Hellboy was found and revealed to the public instead of kept hidden away.

Source: The Unmasqued World
He can apparently heal his broken bones... with milk, but is apparently sure he can't regrow his hair if he ever loses it, which he miraculously kept on his skinless skull.

Source: Sliding Scale of Undead Regeneration

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