Keeping
n.- A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
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Maintenance; support; provision; feed;
as, the cattle have good .keeping -
Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency;
as, these subjects are in .keeping with each other; his levity is not inkeeping with the seriousness of the occasion -
(Paint.) 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.

