keeping

keeping
Synonyms and related words:
accommodation, accord, accordance, acquiescence, acquittal, acquittance, adaptation, adaption, adherence, adjustment, administration, agreement, auspices, balance, bilateral symmetry, bottling up, care, carrying out, charge, clinging, compliance, conformance, conformation other-direction, conformity, congruity, conservancy, conservation, conservational, conservationism, conservationist, conservative, conservatory, conserving, consistency, conventionality, corking up, correspondence, cure, custodianship, custody, discharge, dynamic symmetry, environmental conservation, equality, equilibrium, eurythmics, eurythmy, evenness, execution, finish, flexibility, forest conservation, forest management, fulfillment, governance, government, grasping, gripping, guardianship, guarding, guidance, hands, harmony, heed, heeding, hold, holding, holding in, inhibition, jurisdiction, keep, line, locking in, maintenance, malleability, management, ministry, multilateral symmetry, obedience, observance, observation, orthodoxy, oversight, parallelism, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, performance, pliancy, polarity, practice, prehension, preserval, preservation, preservative, preservatory, preserving, preventive custody, proportion, proportionality, protection, protective, protective custody, protectorship, reconcilement, reconciliation, regularity, repression, respect, retainment, retention, retentive, retentiveness, retentivity, safe hands, safekeeping, salvage, salvation, satisfaction, saving, shapeliness, soil conservation, stewardship, stream conservation, strictness, support, suppression, sustentation, symmetricalness, symmetry, tenacious, tenacity, traditionalism, trilateral symmetry, trust, tutelage, uniformity, upkeep, ward, wardenship, wardship, watch and ward, water conservation, wetlands conservation, wildlife conservation, wing

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Keeping — Keep ing, n. 1. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation. [1913 Webster] His happiness is in his own keeping. South. [1913 Webster] 2. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Keeping — is a surname, and may refer to:* Charles Keeping (1924 1988), British illustrator, children s book author and lithographer * Frank Keeping (19th century), British racing cyclist * Jeff Keeping (born 1982), Canadian Football League defensive… …   Wikipedia

  • keeping — UK US /ˈkiːpɪŋ/ noun [U] ► the act of keeping or protecting something: »The keeping of accurate records relating to staff absence is absolutely essential. → See also BOOKKEEPING(Cf. ↑bookkeeping), RECORD KEEPING(Cf. ↑record keeping) …   Financial and business terms

  • keeping — ► NOUN ▪ the action of keeping something. ● in (or out of) keeping with Cf. ↑out of keeping with …   English terms dictionary

  • keeping — [kēp′iŋ] n. 1. observance (of a rule, holiday, promise, etc.) 2. care; custody; charge 3. maintenance or means of maintenance; keep 4. the condition in which something is kept 5. reservation for future use; preservation in keeping with in… …   English World dictionary

  • keeping — index administration, charge (custody), compliance, conservation, constraint (imprisonment), control ( …   Law dictionary

  • keeping in — index detention Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • keeping — /ˈkipɪŋ / (say keeping) noun 1. the act of someone or something that keeps; observance, custody, or care: the keeping of community rituals; the keeping of a tidy garden. 2. Mechanics any of various devices for holding something in position. 3.… …  

  • keeping — n. care 1) in keeping (in safe keeping) conformity 2) in keeping with (in keeping with regulations) 3) out of keeping with * * * [ kiːpɪŋ] out of keepingwith [ care ] in keeping (in safe keeping) [ conformity ] in keeping with (in keeping with… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • keeping — keep|ing [ˈki:pıŋ] n 1.) in keeping (with sth) matching something or suitable in a particular situation ▪ In keeping with tradition, everyone wore black. 2.) out of keeping (with sth) not matching something or not suitable in a particular… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • keeping — noun (U) 1 in sb s keeping being looked after or guarded by someone 2 in safe keeping being carefully guarded somewhere 3 in keeping/out of keeping (with sth) suitable or not suitable for a particular occasion or purpose: Please ensure your… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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