Antonyms for keep from
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : keep |
| Phonetic Transcription : kip |
- abandon
- accept
- advance
- agree
- aid
- allow
- assist
- bare
- begin
- cease
- comply
- conform
- continue
- desert
- disclose
- discontinue
- disregard
- divulge
- do
- embrace
- encourage
- exhibit
- expose
- face
- free
- give in
- give up
- go
- go along
- help
- ignore
- indulge
- involve
- keep on
- lay bare
- lay out
- leave
- let go
- let out
- meet
- OK
- open
- partake
- permit
- quit
- reject
- release
- restart
- reveal
- show
- start
- stop
- surrender
- tell
- uncover
- unmask
- use
- want
Definition of keep from
Origin :- late Old English cepan "to seize, hold," also "to observe," from Proto-Germanic *kopijanan, but with no certain connection to other languages. It possibly is related to Old English capian "to look," from Proto-Germanic *kap- (cepan was used c.1000 to render Latin observare), which would make the basic sense "to keep an eye on."
- The word prob. belongs primarily to the vulgar and non-literary stratum of the language; but it comes up suddenly into literary use c.1000, and that in many senses, indicating considerable previous development. [OED]
- Sense of "preserve, maintain" is from mid-14c. Meaning "to maintain in proper order" is from 1550s; meaning "financially support and privately control" (usually in reference to mistresses) is from 1540s. Related: Kept; keeping.
- As in abstain : verb hold back from doing
- As in resist : verb withstand, oppose
- As in stash : verb hide
- As in forbear : verb resist the temptation to
- As in hide : verb conceal; remain unseen
Synonyms for keep from
- abide
- abjure
- abnegate
- abstain
- abstain from
- adumbrate
- antagonize
- assail
- assault
- avoid
- battle
- bear
- blot out
- bridle
- brook
- buck
- bury
- cache
- camouflage
- cease
- check
- cloak
- combat
- conceal
- confront
- constrain
- contend
- continue
- counteract
- countervail
- cover
- curb
- curtain
- decline
- defy
- deny oneself
- desist
- die hard
- disguise
- dispute
- dissemble
- ditch
- do without
- duck
- duel
- eclipse
- endure
- ensconce
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fast
- fence-sit
- fight back
- forbear
- forgo
- give the go by
- give up
- go easy
- go into hiding
- go on the wagon
- go underground
- harbor
- hinder
- hold
- hold back
- hold off
- hold out against
- hole up
- hush up
- inhibit
- keep
- keep from
- keep secret
- leave alone
- lie low
- lock up
- maintain
- mask
- not give away
- not tell
- obscure
- occult
- omit
- pass
- pass up
- pause
- persevere
- persist
- plant
- prevent
- protect
- put out of the way
- put up a fight
- quit
- refrain
- refuse
- remain
- remain firm
- renounce
- repel
- reserve
- restrain
- sacrifice
- salt away
- screen
- secrete
- shadow
- shelter
- shield
- shroud
- shun
- sit on one's hands
- sit on the fence
- sit out
- smuggle
- spurn
- squirrel
- stand up to
- starve
- stash
- stay
- stifle
- stonewall
- stop
- stow away
- struggle against
- suffer
- suppress
- take cover
- take the cure
- take the pledge
- thwart
- traverse
- tuck away
- turn down
- veil
- weather
- withhold
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