Keep and Mete out

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

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Mete out is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Mete out verb - To give out (something) to appropriate individuals.

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Keep is an antonym for mete out in topics: divide, distribute, carry out, divide something into portions, use in common with others.

In Mass Effect 2 the prison ship Purgatory is run by Warden Kuril, a corrupt mercenary who extorts planetary governments to keep convicts off their worlds, sells convicts to people who want to mete out "personal justice" and, inevitably, tries to double-cross Shepard.

Source: Wardens Are Evil

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