The meaning of keeping is conformity.
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If something is in your keeping, you are taking care of it:
Being carefully taken care of.
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Definition of keeping noun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
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Agreement or conformity in things or elements associated together.
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There are 17 meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun keeping, two of which are labelled obsolete.
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The act of holding, guarding, maintaining, or supporting:
The keeping of secrets;
The keeping of records.
The heirloom is in my keeping.
See synonyms at care.