kept synonyms

kept

modif.

  1. Preserved

    put up, stored, conserved; see preserved 2.

  2. Retained

    maintained, withheld, held, clutched, guarded, watched over, reserved, saved, on file, at hand, kept in reserve; see also retained 1, saved 2.

  3. Observed

    obeyed, honored, solemnized, commemorated, celebrated, followed, continued, regarded, discharged, maintained, carried on, held inviolate; see also fulfilled.

    Antonyms abandoned*, dishonored, forgotten.

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