Meaning & use
keeping
The state of caring for, holding, or being in agreement or harmony with something.
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The rare manuscript was left in the keeping of the university library.
His casual outfit seemed out of keeping with the formal wedding invitation.
A note on using this word
Keeping often appears in the fixed phrases "in keeping with" and "in someone's keeping," meaning harmony or custody.
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