Maintaining
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Maintaining is an antonym for stop.
Both words in one sentence
- She's the only one that can stop it, yet she's insistent on maintaining her promise despite the fact that the promise won't matter if she doesn't do something.
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