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; his levity is not in keeping with the seriousness of the occasion.
 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. [New Eng. & Prov. Eng.]
 Syn: -- Care; guardianship; custody; possession.

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