Choose and Uphold

Choose

Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Uphold and choose are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Uphold" instead a verb "Choose".

Nearby Words: choosy, choosing, choosey, chooser

Uphold verb - To continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections.

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Choose and uphold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Choose" instead a verb "Uphold".

Nearby Words: upholder, upholding

This becomes subverted in Akane's and Terra Route as he is unable to uphold his ideal with the path he choose.

Source: Visual Novel / Rewrite
Tsubaki, if you choose to uphold this travesty you call order, then from now on, you are my enemy.

Source: The Anti-Nihilist
Often in dilemmas where the character has to choose to either uphold a moral standard or being kind to others.

Source: Being Good Sucks

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