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safekeeping

[ seyf-kee-ping ]

noun

  1. the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.


safekeeping

/ ˈ²õ±ðɪ´Úˈ°ì¾±Ë±èɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act of keeping or state of being kept in safety
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of safekeeping1

First recorded in 1400–50, safekeeping is from late Middle English safe kepyng. See safe, keeping
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Example Sentences

Among the objects housed at the property for safekeeping during the war were the 37 wooden panels from Van Dyck's unfinished iconography project.

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Local people who tracked down his family using an inscription left on the wooden seat have now returned it to them after holding on to the bench for safekeeping.

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They made it safely to a friend’s house in Westwood and were inside getting hugged and fed while someone outside was breaking into the car and stealing everything they’d packed for safekeeping.

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In Panama, González deposited thousands of voting tallies which the opposition collected in the country's bank for safekeeping.

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Then they can vacuum them up for safekeeping, most likely by pumping them deep underground, Zhou said.

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