SAFEKEEPING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)