Keep"ing, n. 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.

4. (Paint.) Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping.

Syn. -- Care; guardianship; custody; possession.

• Present participle of to keep.