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Keeping

Keeping Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Keeping? [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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Keeping: guardianship \| holding \| retention \| safekeeping Related Terms \| Find terms related to Keeping: accommodation \| accord \| accordance \| acquiescence \| acquittal \| acquittance \| adaptation \| adaption \| adherence \| adjustment \| administration \| agreement \| auspices \| balance \| bilateral symmetry \| bottling up \| care \| carrying out \| charge \| clinging \| compliance \| conformance \| conformation other-direction \| conformity \| congruity \| conservancy \| conservation \| conservational \| conservationism \| conservationist \| conservative \| conservatory \| conserving \| consistency \| conventionality \| corking up \| correspondence \| cure \| custodianship \| custody \| discharge \| dynamic symmetry \| environmental conservation \| equality \| equilibrium \| eurythmics \| eurythmy \| evenness \| execution \| finish \| flexibility \| forest conservation \| forest management \| fulfillment \| governance \| government \| grasping \| gripping \| guardianship \| guarding \| guidance \| hands \| harmony \| heed \| heeding \| hold \| holding \| holding in \| inhibition \| jurisdiction \| keep \| line \| locking in \| maintenance \| malleability \| management \| ministry \| multilateral symmetry \| obedience \| observance \| observation \| orthodoxy \| oversight \| parallelism \| pastorage \| pastorate \| pastorship \| patronage \| performance \| pliancy \| polarity \| practice \| prehension \| preserval \| preservation \| preservative \| preservatory \| preserving \| preventive custody \| proportion \| proportionality \| protection \| protective \| protective custody \| protectorship \| reconcilement \| reconciliation \| regularity \| repression \| respect \| retainment \| retention \| retentive \| retentiveness \| retentivity \| safe hands \| safekeeping \| salvage \| salvation \| satisfaction \| saving \| shapeliness \| soil conservation \| stewardship \| stream conservation \| strictness \| support \| suppression \| sustentation \| symmetricalness \| symmetry \| tenacious \| tenacity \| traditionalism \| trilateral symmetry \| trust \| tutelage \| uniformity \| upkeep \| ward \| wardenship \| wardship \| watch and ward \| water conservation \| wetlands conservation \| wildlife conservation \| wing See Also \| abidance \| compliance \| conformation \| conformity \| custody \| duty \| hands \| obligation \| ownership \| possession \| responsibility \| storage \| withholding Keeping In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Keeping Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Keeping?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Keeping: guardianship | holding | retention | safekeeping

Keeping In Webster's Dictionary

\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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