Keep and Revoke

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

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Revoke is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Revoke verb - To put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to).

Usage example: the judge revoked the jail sentence when the defendant promised to do community service instead

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Keep is an antonym for revoke in cancel topic.

Nearby Words: revoked, revocation, revoking

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Revoke and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/revoke

Keep & Revoke. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/revoke>.

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