Kept and Surrendered

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

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Surrendered is an antonym for kept.

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Kept is an antonym for surrendered.

Nearby Words: surrender, surrendering

While in the Wild East... One 19th Century Chechnyan warlord surrendered to Russians (yes, Chechen Wars aren't exactly new stuff), and the other kept fighting.

Source: In the Back
When he returns to the future, The Cold War never happened, as the Allies kept on pushing eastward after the Nazis surrendered, defeating the communists before the Cold War ever started.

Source: Set Right What Once Went Wrong
He initially assumed the shot missed and kept coming, scaring the living hell out of the guy who hit him, who surrendered immediately.

Source: Normally, I Would Be Dead Now

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