Keep and Return

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

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Return is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Keep is an antonym for return in topics: give back, put back, earn, answer, go back.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

old	old keep	old return
good	good keep	good return
full	full keep	full return
better	better keep	better return
Other adjectives: regular, original, proper, single, actual, big, great, slight, dark, main, dramatic, few, surprising.

humanity	keep humanity	return humanity
power	keep power	return power
life	keep life	return life
baby	keep baby	return baby
Other words: people, body, control, time, way, world, money, items, everyone, powers, memories.

Homer says that, with no witnesses of their crimes left, they can just return and keep on living.

Source: What You Are in the Dark
Ys V: Lost Sand City of Kefin has two points of no return, one when you go through the portal to Kefin, and the second when you go into the inner keep of Kefin Castle.

Source: Point of No Return
Polly suggests that she keep the mask and return home as a respected retired sergeant instead.

Source: Becoming the Mask

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