Kept
Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.
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Synonyms for Kept
Thrown out is an antonym for kept.
Thrown out
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- Meg, possessing an innocent human woman at the time, was thrown out a several story high window but her powers kept the body alive.
Source: Dying as Yourself -
The suit was thrown out citing national security issues, which kept virtually all the (classified) evidence from being seen by the judge or jury.
Source: No OSHA Compliance -
It shows all three of the family members smoking like chimneys, footage of the guns kept under the counters with Corey announcing "Try to rob my shop and I will shoot you", and tried to play up the drama of people flipping out and actually having to be thrown out of the shop.
Source: Series / Pawn Stars
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