Dependant and Keeping

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Dependant noun - A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support).

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Keeping and dependant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keeping" instead a noun "Dependant".

Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.

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Dependant and keeping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dependant" instead a noun "Keeping".

Nearby Words: keep, keeper

Seasons 1 ends with XANA causing Aelita's materialisation to partially fail by keeping her dependant from the Supercomputer, thus preventing the heroes from defeating him once and for all.

Source: The Bad Guy Wins / Western Animation
Even the Doctor's patronising and patriarchal attitude towards his teenage granddaughter Susan was dismantled in "The Sensorites", when he seems to realise that the reason he and Susan never argued is because he's been keeping her dependant on him.

Source: Fair for Its Day
Conditional Powers: Pilgrim Adepts' powers are dependant on obeying a number of vows, especially on keeping a Dark Secret; if a man or another Adept learns their secret, they lose their powers and can be killed.

Source: Literature / Lythande

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