Keep and Permits

Keep

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

Permits is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Permits

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Keep is an antonym for permits in allow participation topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Vorkosigan Saga aka: Komarr In Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, after Illyan fails to keep Gregor apprised of events:Simon: It is not often that Gregor permits himself the self-indulgence of sarcasm.
  • She professes no virtues beyond self-interest, and permits all manner of crime but she does try to keep some semblance of order, such as enforcing a quarantine when a plague breaks out.
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