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Keeping
Pronunciation : Keep"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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