Held back and Kept

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Kept and held back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kept" instead an adjective phrase "Held back".

Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.

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Held back and kept are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Held back" instead an adjective "Kept".

Kelso on That '70s Show was held back as a kid and kept it secret out of shame.

Source: Held Back in School
The last paragraph detailed how the street level was just below the water level of the Mississippi River and that the water was held back by levies that were ill-kept.

Source: Funny Aneurysm Moment / Other
He is kept shrouded in order to keep him a secret before his final climactic confrontation with the heroes — he's even been held back from fighting them (despite apparently being extremely powerful) because revealing himself at that point in time wouldn't have been narratively climactic enough.

Source: Ostentatious Secret

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