Kept and Respected

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

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Respected and kept are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Respected" instead the word "Kept" as an adjective or a verb.

Respected adjective - Having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge.

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Kept and respected are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kept" instead the word "Respected" as an adjective or a verb.

Ambiguously Jewish: While he was never particularly religious and converted to Unitarianism when he married, Serling kept and respected various Jewish traditions and felt a special connection to his works that involved Jews or the Holocaust.

Source: Creator / Rod Serling
Though he is respected and popular in the club, however, he is kept under the thumb of the Shimano crime family, unable to leave Kansai without endangering his life.

Source: Gilded Cage
She was a chick of the highest order, but her strong convictions and sheer will to live kept her going, and even convinced a respected Sandman to defect.

Source: Series / Logan's Run

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