Keep and Repose

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

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Repose is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Repose verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.

Usage example: the Constitution reposes the power to declare war to Congress, and to that body alone

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Keep is an antonym for repose.

Nearby Words: reposing, reposeful, reposed

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