keeping

keeping

noun

Definition of KEEPING

1

responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something <put the house keys into a neighbor's secure keeping while they were on vacation>

Synonyms care, custodianship, guardianship, keeping, safekeeping, trust, ward

Related Words control, governorship, hand(s), management, superintendence, supervision

2

the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal <my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping>

Synonyms control, enjoyment, hands, keeping

Related Words ownership, proprietorship; authority, command, dominion, mastery, power; repossession, retention; claiming, collaring, commandeering, confiscation, procurement

Near Antonyms dispossession, relinquishment, surrendering, transferal

Antonyms nonpossession

3

the following of a custom, rule, or law <the keeping of religious laws and traditions>

Synonyms abidance, adherence, compliance, conformance, conformity, keeping, obedience, observation

Related Words deference, honor, regard, respect, upholding; accession, acquiescence, submission, surrender; attendance, attention, heed, notice

Near Antonyms brush-off, disregard, ignoring; delinquency, dereliction, forgetting, neglect, overlooking; offense (or offence), sin, wrong; challenge, defiance, flouting, rebellion

Antonyms breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, nonobservance, transgression, trespass, violation

4

a state of being or fitness <the estate hasn't been in good keeping since the owner suffered financial reverses>

Synonyms estate, fettle, form, health, keeping, kilter, nick [British], order, repair, shape, trim

Related Words practice (also practise); pass, phase, stage; footing, picture, posture, scene, status, situation; rank, standing

Near Antonyms disorder, disrepair