Keeping
Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.
Repression and keeping are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Repression" instead a noun "Keeping".
Repression
Repression noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.
Keeping and repression are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keeping" instead a noun "Repression".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The main character attends one of these in The Moth Diaries, full of emotional repression and tension, though pre-story she made it work, finding a best friend to confide in, a group of girls to hang out with, and generally keeping her head down and pushing through.
Source: Boarding School of Horrors -
Supposedly, the bio-neural packs are more efficient at keeping track of the crew (not really, Chell actually complained about that in "Repression") and can pilot the ship better than even Tom Paris, making the helm utterly redundant.
Source: Series / Star Trek: Voyager
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