Keep″ing, n. 1. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
His happiness is in his own keeping. South.
2. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping.
The work of many hands, which earns my keeping. Milton.
3. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other.
4. (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.
Syn. — Care; guardianship; custody; possession.