Compel and Keep

Compel

Compel verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.

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Keep and compel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Compel".

Nearby Words: compelling, compelled

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

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Compel and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compel" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

character	compel character	keep character
people	compel people	keep people
promise	compel promise	keep promise
body	compel body	keep body
Other words: someone, time, anyone, city, everyone, humans, secrets, powers, weapons.

Bainham tells him it's no good; his beliefs would compel him to keep reading the Bible in English and he'd just be arrested again.

Source: Series / Wolf Hall
Perfectly justified within Sangheili culture , as living would compel his keep to kill his nephews to prevent the "genetic proclivities of failure" from spreading to future generations.

Source: Literature / Halo: The Cole Protocol
The pilot of The Lone Gunmen theorized that the end of the Cold War over might compel parties unhappy with this to fake a terrorist attack - triggering a "new Cold War" to keep arms sales up .

Source: War for Fun and Profit

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