Keep and Submit

Keep

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

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Submit and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Submit" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Submit verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).

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Keep and submit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Submit".

Nearby Words: submission, submitted, submitting

character	keep character	submit character
life	keep life	submit life
order	keep order	submit order
body	keep body	submit body
Other words: name, number, way, characters, story, names.

The Lady Jessica, in Dune, quickly forces Stilgar (the leader of his sietch and therefore its mightiest warrior) to submit and keep the other Fremen at bay.

Source: Pregnant Badass
He vowed to submit himself to the authority of the Central 46 to keep himself in check, even when he knew their decisions were wrong.

Source: The Atoner
Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2 both have their torture sequences wherein you must smash a button to keep from dying if you refuse to submit to it, which affects your ending.

Source: Smashing Survival

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