Keeping
Keeping , noun
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.
(Painting) Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
Collocations (1)
Keeping room , a family sitting room. [New English & Provincial English]