Kept and Leaned

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Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.

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Leaned is an antonym for kept.

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Kept is an antonym for leaned.

Nearby Words: lean, leaning, leant

Left to their own devices, things were a little different; Paul kept it up, but Ringo and George leaned heavily on the dandy side, while John, more often than not, was a raging slob.

Source: Sharp-Dressed Man
In Flames (Trope Codifier) (they leaned toward Alternative Metal/Nu Metal in their later albums, but still kept many elements of this genre)

Source: Melodic Death Metal
If Harry "had leaned back and kept [his] legs straight [he] could have gone skiing over the gravel".

Source: Dog Walks You

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