Keeping and Return

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Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.

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Return and keeping are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a noun "Keeping".

Nearby Words: keep, keeper

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Keeping and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keeping" instead a noun "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

old	old keeping	old return
good	good keeping	good return
full	full keeping	full return
safe	safe keeping	safe return
Other adjectives: better, true, single, big, great, serious, less, last.

Harry told her "yes", so she told Voldemort that Harry was dead, thereby keeping Harry alive and giving Narcissa a chance to return to the castle as part of the victory party and search for her son.

Source: Death Faked for You
If this occurs during a replayable dungeon trek, you at least get the option to return to town (keeping whatever you acquired before getting wiped out) instead of having to reload your save.

Source: Video Game / The Last Story
Power Rangers Mystic Force does this with Nick, in keeping with his entrance as The Drifter, but uses a version of The Lady's Favour to show he intends to return soon.

Source: But Now I Must Go

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