keeping
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keep·ing
(kē'pĭng) 
n.
n.
- The act of holding, guarding, or supporting.
- Custody; care. See synonyms at care.
- Harmony; conformity: "A facade had been added, in perfect keeping with [the] original architecture" (Nancy Holmes).
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keeping
noun
- The function of watching, guarding, or overseeing: care, charge, custody, guardianship, superintendence, supervision, trust. See care for/neglect.
- The act or state of agreeing or conforming: accordance, agreement, chime, conformance, conformation, conformity, congruence, congruity, correspondence, harmonization, harmony. See agree/disagree.
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keeping
IN BRIEF: Protection or attending to.
Before she left for the summer, she gave her grandmother her bottlecap collection for safe keeping.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 byHoughton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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