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keeping (n.)

"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 to a pleasing harmony of the elements of a picture (1715).

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Definitions of keeping from WordNet

keeping (n.)
conformity or harmony;
his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion
keeping (n.)
the responsibility of a guardian or keeper;
he left his car in my keeping
Synonyms: guardianship / safekeeping
keeping (n.)
the act of retaining something;
Synonyms: retention / holding
From wordnet.princeton.edu