Keep and Passing on

Keep

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

Passing on is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Passing on

Definitions of Keep not found.

Keep is an antonym for passing on in topics: make known, assign responsibility, give in a will, communicate an idea, tell news.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Anime / Mononoke The reason why it keeps killing people is because it loves the feeling of being regarded so highly, and keeps the souls of those people it murdered from passing on so they'll keep looking for it.
  • Tabletop Game / Geist: The Sin-Eaters They try to help people avoid ending up in the Underworld by encouraging them to sever emotional ties that would keep them from passing on.
  • Manga / Ikki Tousen Because Destiny Says So: Its never really explained why people keep passing on those damn magatama beads and consigning their loved ones to brief and violent lives.
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