Keep and Resign

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Keep

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

Resign

Resign verb - To give up (as a position of authority) formally.
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Synonyms for Resign
Antonyms for Resign
Keep is an antonym for resign in give up responsibility topic.
Nearby Words: resignation, resigning
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Common collocations

life keep life resign life
job keep job resign job
children keep children resign children
watch keep watch resign watch
Other words: company, show, time, way.

Both words in one sentence

  • At this point Sam decided to Take a Third Option and he convinces both Pyke and Mallister to resign in favor of Jon, who wasn't even a candidate at that point, in order to keep Slynt from winning.
    Source: Kingmaker Scenario
  • The new Earth president made him resign in exchange for amnesty, so the alien representatives voted him into office to keep him on the station.
    Source: Cincinnatus
  • He never really asked for the job but came into it when Keith was forced to resign for chasing a lead (which later turned out to be wrong anyway) and that he is likely just trying to keep his job (seeing Keith fired was probably a sobering lesson in the virtues of not upsetting the apple cart).
    Source: Designated Villain / Live-Action TV
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