Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Passed up
Both terms in one sentence
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Xanatos could have had any wish he wanted, but passed up a ticket to wealth or power to keep his faithful servant.
Source: Did You Just Scam Cthulhu? -
Alberto Blest-Gana's El Loco Estero has the titular Julián "El Loco" Estero, an ex-military man locked away by his sister Manuela supposedly to keep his borderline Ax-Crazy tantrums at bay, but in reality to use his share of the family inheritance (out of resentment for being passed up as heiress).
Source: Madwoman in the Attic -
When his eldest daughter is passed up for the lead role in Annie, he consoles her by telling her that he knows how it feels to work hard for something and not get it, and that sometimes in life you don't get what you want on the first try, and that the only thing to do is to keep working at it.
Source: Series / Power
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