Meaning of KEEPING
| Pronunciation: | | 'keeping
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- [n] the act of keeping in your possession
- [n] the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping"
- [n] conformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion"
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| | Synonyms: | | guardianship, holding, retention, safekeeping |
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| | See Also: | | abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity, custody, duty, hands, obligation, ownership, possession, responsibility, storage, withholding | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Keep"ing\, n.
1. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care;
preservation.
His happiness is in his own keeping. --South.
2. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have
good keeping.
The work of many hands, which earns my keeping.
--Milton.
3. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these
subjects are in keeping with each other.
4. (Paint.) Harmony or correspondence between the different
parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this
painting is not in keeping.
{Keeping room}, a family sitting room. [New Eng. & Prov.
Eng.]
Syn: Care; guardianship; custody; possession.
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