Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Lessen
Lessen verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They also keep him in the group to lessen the amount of damage he can do.
Source: Band of Brothers -
You do not get much more committed to a work than when your director dies partway through, causing a series that could really be wrapped up in just three months to drag on for three years and keep going at it and refusing to let any of that lessen the quality.
Source: Doing It for the Art
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