Return and Uphold

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

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Uphold and return are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Uphold" instead a verb "Return".

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

Uphold verb - To continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections.

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Return and uphold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Return" instead a verb "Uphold".

Nearby Words: upholder, upholding

people	return people	uphold people
way	return way	uphold way

Laser-Guided Amnesia: It's stated that if a person successfully earns their three tears in the alloted 49 days, when they return to their body they will not retain any of their memories regarding those 49 days in order to uphold The Masquerade.

Source: Series / 49 Days
A more straight example would be Chun Soo, who survived a cliff fall and the subsequent plunge into icy-cold water, all of that after being stabbed multiple times, so as to uphold his promise to return to Dong Yi.

Source: Series / Dong Yi
Killed to Uphold the Masquerade: According to All There in the Manual, before leaving, the Nazi elite kill off all excess people in the Antarctic base as to leave no evidence warning of their return.

Source: Film / Iron Sky

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