Changed and Kept

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Changed adjective - Made or become different in nature or form.

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Kept is an antonym for changed in topics: altered, transformed, exchanged.

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

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Changed is an antonym for kept.

Chekhov's Gun: Jason kept asking Lorelai to go out with him, and, though she kept declining, set up a reservation at a restaurant, just in case she changed her mind.

Source: Series / Gilmore Girls
As usual, the treasure is virtually always lost forever, even though the status quo wouldn't have been changed in the slightest if Scrooge had kept it for his museum.

Source: Zillion-Dollar Bill
Played with in the case of Skips, whose real name is revealed to be Walks in "Skips Strikes" — he changed it because people kept asking him why he skipped instead of walked.

Source: Non Indicative Name / Western Animation

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