Keep and Reverse

Opposite meaning words

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

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Reverse is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Reverse verb - To change (as an opinion) to the contrary.

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Keep is an antonym for reverse in topics: cancel, turn upside down or backwards.

full	full keep	full reverse
best	best keep	best reverse
usual	usual keep	usual reverse
complete	complete keep	complete reverse
Other adjectives: regular, extreme, black.

power	keep power	reverse power
order	keep order	reverse order
time	keep time	reverse time
world	keep world	reverse world
Other words: magic, powers, weapons.

On one hand, they at least keep it grounded in reality: once reversed, the only effect is the clock's motor and gear system running in reverse.

Source: Reverse Polarity
Reasoning that the Rite of Askh Ente summons Death to the caster, performing the ritual in reverse will keep Death away forever!

Source: Summoning Ritual
In the Gravity Falls episode "The Deep End", Dipper gives Mabel's mer-man boyfriend Mermando "reverse CPR" (spitting mouthfuls of water into his mouth) to keep him from drying out and suffocating.

Source: Kiss of Life

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