Kept and Scratched

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

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Scratched is an antonym for kept.

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Kept is an antonym for scratched.

Nearby Words: scratch, scratchy, scratching

While not nearly half as bad, in Spain there used to be children's jokes about Pikachu being the dumbest Pokémon ever because he kept saying "pica" (it itches) but he never scratched.

Source: Bite The Wax Tadpole
In "Hivefled"verse, scratched signatures and advice is all that's left of the many, many innocent young trolls the Grand Highblood and the Condesce kept in their personal torture chamber.

Source: Dead Man Writing
There is some speculation as to why he kept those three scars but Gamzee personally guesses it's because Nepeta literally scratched his soul when she attacked him back in the game.

Source: Fan Fic / Warbound Widow

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