Enforce and Maintain

Enforce

Enforce verb - To carry out effectively.

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Maintain and enforce are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Enforce".

Maintain verb - To state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration.

Usage example: she continued to maintain that a sewing machine would end up paying for itself since she could make her own clothes

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Enforce and maintain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Enforce" instead a verb "Maintain".

loyalty	enforce loyalty	maintain loyalty
sense	enforce sense	maintain sense
power	enforce power	maintain power
kind	enforce kind	maintain kind
Other words: balance, order, peace, purity, control, system, world, rule, law, authority, discipline, monopoly, masquerade.

Their primary task is to enforce and maintain discipline at the school, but they also protect it from external threats, such as Kamigari.

Source: Amazon Brigade
The Qunari actively enforce medieval stasis in this case to maintain their military advantage.

Source: Medieval Stasis
Javert in Les Misérables, who is only trying to maintain order and enforce the law, but is extremely rigid in carrying out his goals.

Source: Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains

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