keeping

/kipɪŋ/

/ˈkipɪŋ/

Other forms: keepings

Definitions of keeping

1. noun

   the act of retaining something
   synonyms: holding, retention

   types:

   withholding

   the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control

   storage

   the act of storing something

   filing

   preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.

   type of:

   ownership, possession

   the act of having and controlling property
2. noun

   the responsibility of a guardian or keeper
   “he left his car in my keeping”

   synonyms: guardianship, safekeeping

   types:

   custody, hands

   (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

   type of:

   duty, obligation, responsibility

   the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
3. noun

   conformity or harmony
   “his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion”

   type of:

   abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity

   acting according to certain accepted standards