Keep from
Keep from verb - To resist the temptation of.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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The titular Traitor does this to an FBI agent in order to protect his identity and keep from killing innocent people.
Source: Pistol-Whipping -
The Paladins raid the goblins to protect the gate and to gain strength to do that better, and the goblins raid the humans to keep from being EXP fodder for life.
Source: Pay Evil unto Evil -
In Teresa Frohock's Miserere: An Autumn Tale, Lucian's deliberate attempt to keep from loving Lindsay, to protect her, weakened him; when he realized it, he let himself love her.
Source: The Power of Love
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