Thesaurus: keeping

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Keep
2. n. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
3. n. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
4. n. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.
5. n. Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
6. n. conformity or harmony
7. n. the responsibility of a guardian or keeper
8. n. the act of retaining something
9. 1. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation. His happiness is in his own keeping. South. 2. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping. The work of many hands, which earns my keeping. Milton. 3. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other. 4. (Paint.) Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping. Keeping room, a family sitting room. [New Eng. & Prov. Eng.] Syn. -- Care; guardianship; custody; possession.
10. Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a workof art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.Keeping room, a family sitting room. [New Eng. & Prov. Eng.]
11. n:100 n. conformity or harmony