English▸ noun the action of owning, maintaining, or protecting something:
the keeping of dogs
[in combination] careful record-keeping is needed.
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in someone's keeping
in someone's care or custody:
in harmony or conformity with:
out of harmony or conformity with:
in someone's keeping
in someone's care or custody:
in their keeping were some of the oldest songs of the tribe.
in keeping with in harmony or conformity with:
the cuisine is in keeping with the hotel's Edwardian character.
out of keeping with out of harmony or conformity with:
a mural painted on the front of one of his restaurants was judged by some to be out of keeping with the old city.