Return and Throw away

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Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Throw away is an antonym for return.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

Throw away verb - To get rid of as useless or unwanted.

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Return is an antonym for throw away.

Eventually, the situation, combined with his memories and obsession with the Spire, causes him to give up and throw away his life with Celestine to return to the Spire (where he'll almost certainly be killed or worse, like Childe).

Source: Literature / Diamond Dogs

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