Dedicate and Keep

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Dedicate verb - To keep or intend for a special purpose.

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Keep is an antonym for dedicate in donate topic.

Nearby Words: dedication, dedicatory, dedicating

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

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Dedicate is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

mind	dedicate mind	keep mind
life	dedicate life	keep life
number	dedicate number	keep number
rest	dedicate rest	keep rest
Other words: show, time, ship, existence, player, daughter.

The Anti-Nihilist: A common interpretation of the hollowing process, that Undead only keep from hollowing if they have a mission that they can dedicate themselves and stay motivated towards is essentially a metaphor for this.

Source: Video Game / Dark Souls
Yes, people will dedicate their time to keep harping about the direction of Sonic the Hedgehog is going in and what has to be done to fix it.

Source: Serious Business / Real Life
Outside of the Dwemer a group of monks dedicate themselves to collecting (the scrolls are hard to keep in a finite location if not carefully contained) and reading the scrolls.

Source: These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know

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