Kept and Overthrew

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

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Overthrew is an antonym for kept.

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Kept is an antonym for overthrew.

We learn that, after Squealer overthrew the queen, he lobotomized her and kept her solely for breeding offspring.

Source: Literature / From the New World

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