Keep and Spared

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

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Spared is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

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Keep is an antonym for spared in topics: forgive, do or manage without.

Nearby Words: spare, sparing

Spared by the Adaptation: Baltar was Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves in the pilot movie; new scenes were shot for the series to keep him around as a recurring villain.

Source: Series / Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Hold the Line: The Evangelions and what other forces that could be spared trying to keep the Migou away from Moloch until they could capture the Herald.

Source: Fan Fic / Aeon Natum Engel
It's also mentioned that he had Garona spared after her mother gave birth to her, and after her mother was burned alive he allowed Garona to keep one of her tusks to remember her.

Source: Film / WarCraft

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