Thesaurus
keeping
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of KEEPING
1
responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something <put the house keys into a neighbor's secure keeping while they were on vacation>
2
the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal <my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping>
Related Words ownership, proprietorship; authority, command, dominion, mastery, power; repossession, retention; claiming, collaring, commandeering, confiscation, procurement
Antonyms nonpossession
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the following of a custom, rule, or law <the keeping of religious laws and traditions>
Related Words deference, honor, regard, respect, upholding; accession, acquiescence, submission, surrender; attendance, attention, heed, notice
Near Antonyms brush-off, disregard, ignoring; delinquency, dereliction, forgetting, neglect, overlooking; offense (or offence), sin, wrong; challenge, defiance, flouting, rebellion
Antonyms breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, nonobservance, transgression, trespass, violation
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