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SAFEKEEPING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The responsibility of a guardian or keeper
Example:
he left his car in my keeping
Synonyms:
guardianship; keeping; safekeeping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("safekeeping" is a kind of...):
duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "safekeeping"):
custody; hands ((with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child)
