Safe-keeping

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Safe-keeping \Safe"-keep"ing\, n. [Safe + keep.]
     The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or
     from escape; care; custody.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  safekeeping
       n : the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car
           in my keeping" [syn: {guardianship}, {keeping}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "safekeeping":
     care, charge, cold storage, conservancy, conservation,
     conservationism, cover, custodianship, custody, dead storage,
     defense, dry storage, environmental conservation, eye,
     forest conservation, forest management, guard, guardianship,
     guarding, hold, keep, keeping, lee, maintenance, preserval,
     preservation, preventive custody, protection, protective custody,
     refuge, safety, salvage, salvation, saving, shade, shadow,
     shelf-room, shelter, soil conservation, storage, storage space,
     stowage, stream conservation, support, sustentation, trust, upkeep,
     ward, warehousing, watchful eye, water conservation,
     wetlands conservation, wildlife conservation