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keeping"care, custody, charge," c. 1300, verbal noun from keep (v.). Phrase in keeping with "in harmony or agreement with" (1806) is from use of keeping in the jargon of painting to refer [..]
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keepingconformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion" guardianship: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keepi [..]
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