Keeping

Keep·ing

Keeping

n.
  1. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
    His happiness is in his own keeping.
  2. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
    The work of many hands, which earns my keeping.
  3. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other; his levity is not in keeping with the seriousness of the occasion.
  4. Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping. (Paint.)

Phrases & Compounds

Keeping room
a family sitting room.