Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Succumb to and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Succumb to" instead a verb "Keep".
Succumb to
Keep and succumb to are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Succumb to".
Both terms in one sentence
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Mal is doing this deliberately to keep Wash's mind active so he doesn't succumb to the torture.
Source: Series / Firefly -
This is also downplayed is that she does succumb to much of the traditions for a time to keep her father pleased.
- Faramir chooses to keep on fighting despite having lost all hope, Denethor succumb to despair.
Source: Foil / Literature
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Succumb to and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/succumb_to
Keep & Succumb to. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/succumb_to>.
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