Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Watching over is an antonym for keep.
Watching over
Both terms in one sentence
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In Neverwinter Nights 2 and Mask of the Betrayer, both of the romance options for male characters that made the final cut began watching over the hero to keep him safe.
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Watching over and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/watching_over
Keep & Watching over. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/watching_over>.
Watching over or Keep. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/watching_over.
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