Keep and Tolerate

Keep

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

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

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Tolerate verb - To fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference.

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Keep and tolerate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Tolerate".

power	keep power	tolerate power
life	keep life	tolerate life
man	keep man	tolerate man
people	keep people	tolerate people
Other words: relationship, company, someone, existence, anyone, humans.

Whilst they won't enjoy being in the company of most of your units they can tolerate it, if you keep them well fed and amused.

Source: Enemy Exchange Program
In addition, Frank's ability to tolerate pain is shown to be off the scale, which allows him to keep functioning despite injuries that would have any other man completely incapacitated.

Source: Comic Book / The Punisher
The AI calling itself Tjaele Mosasa has been manipulating society for centuries to keep Bakunin a Stateless planet, and thus one that will tolerate Mosasa's existence.

Source: Load-Bearing Boss

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