SAFEKEEPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does safekeeping mean? 

• SAFEKEEPING (noun)
  The noun SAFEKEEPING has 1 sense:

1. the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

  Familiarity information: SAFEKEEPING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAFEKEEPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The responsibility of a guardian or keeper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

guardianship; keeping; safekeeping

Context example:

he left his car in my keeping

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)