Devote and Waste

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

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Waste is an antonym for devote in thoughts topic.

Nearby Words: devotion, devotedly, devotee, devotional, devoting

Waste verb - To use up carelessly.

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Devote is an antonym for waste.

effort	devote effort	waste effort
energy	devote energy	waste energy
power	devote power	waste power
life	devote life	waste life
Other words: part, amount, rest, resources, time, space, money, slot, minutes, years, hours, skills, slots, abilities, lives, amounts.

Parental Marriage Veto: Belinda's parents (especially the father) towards Ashton (and any young man in general) as it was expected for the young man to devote his youth to the British Army of India and not waste it by getting married and being "burdened" with wife and children.

Source: Literature / The Far Pavilions
Walkers in the Waste are a subversion of the way this trope is normally played as they have gone out of their way to devote themselves to the desert and the ability to spread it across the world in the desert's ultimate gift to them.

Source: Walking Wasteland

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