Keep and Renounce

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Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Renounce is an antonym for keep.
Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Renounce

Renounce verb - To give up (as a position of authority) formally.
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Synonyms for Renounce
Antonyms for Renounce
Keep is an antonym for renounce in abandon topic.
Nearby Words: renounced, renouncement, renouncing
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Common collocations

power keep power renounce power
life keep life renounce life
name keep name renounce name
identity keep identity renounce identity
Other words: money, existence, friends, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Les Collaborateurs The problem is that Hamas has thus far refused to renounce violence, meaning that the PA and Israel keep arresting Hamas fighters.
    Source: Les Collaborateurs
  • So, when the dust finally settled, Philip got to keep the throne of Spain on condition that he renounce any claim to the throne of France (the current king of Spain, Juan Carlos, is a direct descendant).
    Source: Succession Crisis
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