Maintain
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| place | maintain place | remain place |
| speed | maintain speed | remain speed |
| world | maintain world | remain world |
| law | maintain law | remain law |
| Other words: independence. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Mages and Sorcerors can change the world around them, but only Sorcerors' changes remain without the caster having to maintain them.
Source: No Ontological Inertia -
Also:Cho: How am I supposed to remain abstinent when I've got a reputation to maintain?
Source: Theatre / A Very Potter Musical -
The Dragonfires maintain the barrier that separates Mundus from the (other?) Daedric Realms as long as they remain lit.
Source: Cosmic Keystone
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