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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of keeping

care, custodianship, custody, guardianship, safekeeping, trust, ward
Words Related to keeping

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 of keeping

control, enjoyment, hands, possession
Words Related to keeping

ownership, proprietorship

authority, command, dominion, mastery, power

repossession, retention

claiming, collaring, commandeering, confiscation, procurement
Near Antonyms of keeping

dispossession, relinquishment, surrendering, transferal
Antonyms of keeping

nonpossession

3 the following of a custom, rule, or law

  • the keeping of religious laws and traditions
Synonyms of keeping

abidance, adherence, compliance, conformance, conformity, obedience, observance, observation
Words Related to keeping

deference, honor, regard, respect, upholding

accession, acquiescence, submission, surrender

attendance, attention, heed, notice
Near Antonyms of keeping

brush-off, disregard, ignoring

delinquency, dereliction, forgetting, neglect, overlooking

offense (or offence), sin, wrong

challenge, defiance, flouting, rebellion
Antonyms of keeping

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 of keeping

condition, estate, fettle, form, health, kilter, nick [British], order, repair, shape, trim
Words Related to keeping

practice (also practise)

pass, phase, stage

footing, picture, posture, scene, situation, status

rank, standing
Near Antonyms of keeping

disorder, disrepair

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