Keep and Merit

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Merit and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Merit" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Merit verb - To be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment).

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Keep and merit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Merit".

Nearby Words: merited, meriting

perfect	perfect keep	perfect merit
single	single keep	single merit
visible	visible keep	visible merit
actual	actual keep	actual merit
Other adjectives: great, huge, personal, major, extra, technical.

But in terms of actual literary merit, Gibson considers it one of his weakest works (keep in mind, it was his first novel).

Source: Magnum Opus Dissonance
The Twin Souls merit in Mage: The Ascension lets you combine spheres and boost Quintessence when in contact, and keep track of each other relatively easily when not.

Source: Synchronization
It is possible to win on merit, but if they do, they're not out of the woods yet; the devils trying to keep the defendant's soul will bring up unrelated charges of evil or law and, if their score on either value is 9 or higher, the damned soul will be condemned anyway.

Source: Moving the Goalposts

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